Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds

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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds
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And they just bought Hotel Chocolat, one of my favourite places to go for fancy chocolate, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67436228.

So now that place will go to shit, I'll have to find another one.

Bro, all of them take part in this.

The only way to know you're not exploiting children is to find an artisan who sources the cocoa themselves. Companies aren't going to pay extra to make sure their cheap materials are harvested ethically.

An artisan is less likely to be aware of their full supply chain than a large company is. If you buy cocoa from a company in Africa, you can request that they use ethical labour, but unless you can afford multiple surprise visits every year, there's no way to be sure... And even then if you are small they may decide that your business costs more effort than it's worth.

who sources the cocoa themselves.

and you have to trust the artisan. lots of vultures wearing dove feathers these days. 100% sure you pick it or people you actually know. a well organised ecoturism can make this happen. finally 100% ethical chocolate.