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

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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[-] vodkasolution@feddit.it 4 points 20 hours ago
[-] exchange12rocks@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago

No, they aren't Have you tried quality chocolate? Not Chocomelk, Milka, or store brands

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[-] mattc@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

The main reason I avoid these is that this brand and many other dark chocolate brands apparently contain large amounts of toxic metals like lead and cadmium. No idea if it's true or not.

[-] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

~~I'm pretty sure that's untrue.~~

Even so, id rather that than eating chocolate from the blood and tears of child slavery.

[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 6 points 20 hours ago

Cacao naturally contains heavy metals, so every chocolate product contains them as well. Some cacao contains more than others. And dark chocolate contains more cacao than milk chocolate, so it contains more heavy metals as well.

This is what Tony’s says on the topic: https://tonyschocolonely.com/blogs/other/a-small-update-on-health-and-safety-and-heavy-metals

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[-] kimagurevenus@beehaw.org 2 points 19 hours ago

Haven't tried these but I really enjoy Terry's chocolate! Didn't know oranges and chocolate could taste so good!

[-] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago

That sounds good - i do hope they aren't exploiting labor tho. I'll have to check later. thanks; i didn't even know about this company, they don't sell here :(

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