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Here's their promise to never use forced labour for their cocoa.

There's also the Tony's open chain: a pledge by many companies (not just eu, also us) to use only ethically sourced cocoa. The companies are: here

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[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Tony's is great and tastes awesome, but the real question here is, are we european really eating that much non-EU sweets? Maybe the occasional Snickers or Mars, but all the stuff that I tasted and was from across the pond was either brutally sweet or had no flavor at all.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

Marabou is Swedish but is also fully owned by Mondelez which is American. Mars, Sneakers, Bounty etcetera American.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not european so i can't answer with certainty: but most (including EU corporations) chocolate producers are very unethical, exploiting forced labor and destroying rain forests.

A change is still a change, even if you think it is small :)

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

As always, I appreciate you and the content you post. I hope you're doing well :)

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago

Thank you! :D i am :)