I’d rather not buy chocolate that is produced by slave labor.
I also prefer to buy American rather than Chinese when possible because of ethical qualms about labor, copyrights and untrustworthy ingredients.
Maybe the report was annoying in tone (I didn’t see it), but I don’t have a problem with the basic idea of buying “ethical” chocolate. Of course, if it’s like ethical coffee, they don’t provide as good a quality beans because they know people are buying it to feel noble, not for the best taste.
I looked into the Chocolate thing a few years ago and found that chocolate from Guinea does not have a slave labor problem because it is a former British colony with a different history of this industry than its neighbors. (The article I read didn’t say it was because of Christianity, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case.)
The company I found that got its cocoa powder from Guinea was Cadbury, so I included Cadbury mini-eggs in our Easter baskets. Now, I understand that Cadbury is owned by Hershey? So that may or may not affect where they currently get their cocoa powder.
We still use Cadbury, but there is also Nestle, Hershey, Dove and Lindt mixed in there. It’s not a perfect world, but on Easter it is a sweet one. : )
I’d rather not buy chocolate that is produced by slave labor.
I also prefer to buy American rather than Chinese when possible because of ethical qualms about labor, copyrights and untrustworthy ingredients.
We still use Cadbury, but there is also Nestle, Hershey, Dove and Lindt mixed in there. It’s not a perfect world, but on Easter it is a sweet one. : )
Looks like Cadbury, Nestle, and Dove chocolate also use child slave labor ingredients to make their chocolate. There probably is no such thing as child slave labor free chocolate.