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Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Beth

Beth — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:14:08 +0000

No, they are not. As mentioned below in my other response, look for the black and white fair trade certified logo to know if a product you are buying contains fair trade ingredients.

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Beth

Beth — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:13:27 +0000

Vanessa, I am not aware of Lindt, Starbucks or Dove making any variety of fair trade chocolate. Ben and Jerry’s has some varieties of ice cream that uses fair trade certified ingredients. You would want to look for the black and white fair trade certified logo to know for certain. Beth

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:48:07 +0000

Are Andes Mints fair trade?

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:47:01 +0000

Lindt, Starbucks, and Dove are fair traid I”‘m sure. However, I know for a fact that Ben and Jerry’s is not. The rest I’m not sure of.

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Caraah

Caraah — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:00:19 +0000

In response to makahla’s post, I know from my mentor, who works for Free the Children, a Canadian organization aimed at ending child labor and
poverty, and who is an expert in child and human rights, that Ghiradelli,
Godiva, Dove, Mars, Hershey’s, and Nestle all produce slave chocolate.

Lindt does not outsource to the Ivory Coast, a hubub of child slavery, but they do outsource to other areas where slave labor is prevalent.
I believe Starbucks is selectively fair trade (their espresso is slave free), much like Ben and Jerry’s.

I hope this helps!

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by FvO

FvO — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:18:36 +0000

There was a TV show in Holland who investigated the whole thing and even fairtrade chocolate does not mean it’s slave free!

Yes, farm owners can get paid well, but what they pay the people who work for them we don’t know.

Please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWzJR5KfdMc

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by sarah

sarah — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:48:07 +0000

I contacted Ghirardelli which is owned by Lindt and they said that
“Lindt & Sprüngli is extremely concerned about possible practices of child labour and can assure you that we condemn any abusive practices. This is one of the reasons why we do not source cocoa beans from Ivory Coast.”
and
“Within the scope of this project, Lindt & Sprüngli pays an extra-fee for its cocoa beans from Ghana to a specially for this purpose created foundation named “Traceable Foundation”, which in turn allocates the money via a non-profit organization called “Source Trust” (www.sourcetrust.org) to target-oriented social projects such as the development of regional infrastructure and the continuous improvement of cocoa quality in the regions where the cocoa beans come from. ”

So I feel good about them being safe. I am looking into Brookside chocolates myself right now (mentioned by a PP). They belong to the World Cocoa foundation…but from what I can tell teh WCF does not ensure slave free chocolate.

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Bret Wright

Bret Wright — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:09:11 +0000

Yes, Ritter Sport buys fair trade cocoa for its products.

Comment on Slave-free Chocolate – Brands You Can Trust by Christine

Christine — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:13:59 +0000

Theo Chocolate in Seattle has great slave free chocolate.

Comment on Loving Ben And Jerry’s Almost As Much As My Own Creations by Laura

Laura — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:15:16 +0000

My students have become increasingly interested in fair trade products. I look forward to telling them about Ben and Jerry’s socially responsible ice cream.