Generally, if the chocolate is organic, has a fair trade label or the cocoa is listed as being sourced from anywhere other than Ghana or The Ivory Coast then it’s slave free. If you are an ethical chocolatier and don’t see your company listed, please contact us.
- Chuao
- Denman Island Chocolate
- Divine Chocolate Co
- The Endangered Species Chocolate Company
- Equal Exchange
- Green and Black’s
- Health by Chocolate
- L.A. Burdick Chocolates
- La Siembra Cooperative (Camino)
- Max Havelaar
- Mayordomo
- Montezuma’s Chocolates
- Newman’s Own Organics
- Original Hawaiian Chocolate
- Plamil Organic Chocolate
- Rain Republic
- Rapunzel Pure Organics
- Seed & Bean Chocolate
- Shaman Chocolates
- Sweet Earth Chocolates
- Terra Nostra Organic
- Theo Chocolate
- Tony Chocolonely
- Trader Joe’s Organic Chocolate Bars
- Vivani Chocolate
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“Rule of thumb” stems from an old law about the size of the stick a man was legally allowed to use to beat his wife. I really wish people would stop using that phrase & especially those so dedicated to the ethical treatment of people.
Michelle, I’ve heard that theory as but it’s most likely not true. There are serveral explinations but the one with the most evidence is that “thumb” was the first measurement of an inch in Old England.
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Dang, I had no idea it was so prevalent, I remember in the 90′s(I believe) that Nestle was under a huge amount of scrutiny for using slave labor chocolate but I thought they had ceased to do so per some agreement? I forget the specifics, I was young’ish at the time, that’s why I paid attention, because it had to do with children not much younger than I.
So, I’m not certain who to buy chocolate from now…Nestle, Hershey and Mars are out then? Hmmm, anyone have any suggestions besides those listed, most are in limited markets and I can’t spend double the cost for the shipping as well.
Thanks for any help.
As a chocoholic (and with Valentine’s Day approaching) I’d also like to know if Nestle’s, Hershey’s and Mars are using slave labor. As Jack commented, it’d be nice to have a list that includes chocolates that are more readily available in the stores, if that’s possible. I know Trader Joe’s is on the list but I live in an area without those stores, and would like to know if our country’s major chocolate companies are using slave labor. I’d really like to help to spread the word on a fairly readily available, not too pricey chocolate alternative if there is one. So many of us have lost jobs or are making less these days that it’s difficult to pay twice the price. Thanks so much for doing this wonderful site and campaign!
Especially with such a “luxury” item (okay, some of us can’t live without chocolate), I feel strongly about avoiding cruelty and slavery. Thanks for publicizing this issue–heard about your organization on KPFK this morning.
There’s an extensive list of ethical chocolate manufacturers on the website of Food Empowerment – if the link doesn’t get through on this comment, try Food Is Power dot org, or Google “food empowerment chocolate”:
http://www.foodispower.org/chocolatelist.htm
This list also includes chocolate that’s free from animal cruelty (i.e., thoroughly vegetarian AKA vegan).
Walmart’s carries Green and Black, a 70% dark and a dark with mint. It’s not exactly what I want, I love milk chocolate, but it is something. I’m going to ask Walmart to carry a milk chocolate version. If enough people request a product, they will try to get it.
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at first i thought camino wasn’t on the list, and then i realised that they are, but listed as “la siembra,” the name of the coop that produces camino chocolates. maybe you could put “camino” in parentheses after “la siembra” to make it more clear?