Slavery-Free Chocolate

[dr_pretentious]

Just in time for Valentine's Day, my favorite anti-human-trafficking organization sent me its ratings of the various chocolate brands. I found some surprises, as well as some confirmations of both favorable and unfavorable assumptions I'd made about different companies. Poke around, see which of your favorites avoids using child labor on the plantations, and then go forth and eat yummy things.

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[louiseroho.livejournal.com]

http://www.gnosischocolate.com/

[vgnwtch.livejournal.com]

We love Fair Trade: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk

We only buy Fair Trade marked chocolate for the reasons you cite - to me, there is no pleasure in eating something I cannot help but imagine soaked in the blood of indentured servants. Given a choice between any product marked organic or Fair Trade, I go for the FT version, which is practically organic anyway; the Co-op do good FT teas, thank goodness...!

[violet-moon25.livejournal.com]

I found this site a bit frustrating. Other than the obvious disappointment that some of the best tasting chocolates didn't get very impressive ratings it was not a very complete listing. The few brands that got relatively good ratings I've never seen in a store. While I do prefer fair trade chocolate when I can get it, sometimes it just isn't one of the choices in the store. Also, a lot of the brands that I do see frequently aren't on the list.

[jaime-sama.livejournal.com]

Thanks Sarah!

We're lucky in that our grocery store of choice stocks Divine, which got one of the top ratings. Good excuse to buy some of it next time we go. :)