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Tony's chocolonely - Dutch chocolate without child slavery! (tonyschocolonely.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Supports shipping to:

Netherlands (no shipping required)
UK (no shipping required)
Germany
Austria
Norway (no shipping required)
Finland (no shipping required)
Belgium
Romania (no shipping required)

Non EU:

US (hawaii too)
Australia,
Puerto rico

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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[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 18 points 19 hours ago

I mean there is also a big difference between American brands in the US and the EU. Last time I went to the US, I brought back snickers, Twix, and KitKats. Then I bought the EU alternative and set up a double blinded taste test with my friends.

Without fail we all immediately were able to tell them apart. The American version was chalky and tasted like pure sugar. The EU version, albeit also nowhere near Tony quality and still very sweet, was much higher quality and you could taste the individual components of the candy. It was not just a sweet punch in the face.

[-] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 6 points 16 hours ago

I worked in a Nabisco factory a decade ago in the US making Oreo.

They've consistently looked for cost cutting measures to reduce the amount of cocoa powder (expensive input) put into the product. What happened when I was there was they would look for a new vendor that would offer stronger cocoa flavor profile per kg and then use that as a justification to cut the amount of cocoa powder in the product. To mask it they would amp up the sweetness.

In a blind test, a normal people can't tell the difference year to year, but if you compare it to what it was ten years ago, there would be a noticeable difference.