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Here's their promise to never use forced labour for their cocoa.

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[โ€“] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair question! Europeans eating American chocolate when they have access to the best in the world is kind of bizarre

[โ€“] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all African chocolate anyways. All cocoa used worldwide comes from West Africa.

[โ€“] Wooki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how your point is relevant.

It's certainly not just raw cocoa, it's so much more.

[โ€“] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I was just joking around ;)

(But what one can say is that there is a problematic practice in that whole industry since they all ship cocoa to other continents to combine it with so much more stuff to make chocolate. I'd love to buy fully African-produced chocolate, but it simply doesn't exist)