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Tony’s Chocolonely is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller. Created in 2005, the company’s market share in the Netherlands was 18 percent in 2018.
In 2022, the Thomson Reuters Foundation awarded Tony’s Chocolonely the Stop Slavery Award in the category “Goods and Services Companies”. This award recognizes companies and organizations who have set a high standard for eradicating slavery, illegal child labor, and human trafficking from their supply chains.
Tony’s Chocolonely was ranked second on the 2023 Chocolate Scorecard, which rates chocolate companies according to their human rights and environmental credentials: traceability and transparency, living income for cocoa farmers, child labour (absence of), deforestation & climate, agroforestry, and agrochemical management.
Might want to find a different EU brand, Tony’s sweets aren’t just sweet from sugar. They’re really high in lead. :P
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/
Their response https://tonyschocolonely.com/blogs/other/a-small-update-on-health-and-safety-and-heavy-metals
Looks like it’s within eu’s maximum (0.8mg rather than canada’s 0.5mg presented there)
Ahh, I knew it was stupid good.
As someone in the industry, I will say this is an issue with all chocolate manufacturing and it’s getting worse. You should still avoid the brands in that list, but don’t assume your favorite brand will continue to stay safe.
Is it a pollution issue from the farms?
Almost all cocoa sourced by the big and medium manufacturers is grown in Africa. Many countries there still use leaded gas, and lead/cadmium mining is likely a big contributor. Some of it may be naturally occurring in the soil.
But it seems like cocoa is especially good at wicking up pollutants and storing them in the fruit.
I mean, a bit of lead would probably be quite beneficial, based on the likelihood of thermonuclear war. /j
Damn