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[โ€“] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are there any chocolate companies with well-documented supply chains that don't use child labor, slave labor, or otherwise exploit cocoa producers? Because everything I've seen and heard tells me that its best to just not eat chocolate at all.

[โ€“] python@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd say Tony's would be your best bet? Not using slave labor is their stated goal, no idea how much they stick to it in reality

I'll look closer at them, thank you!

they allow some percentage of slave labor iirc