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Tony's chocolonely - Dutch chocolate without child slavery! (tonyschocolonely.com)
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Supports shipping to:

  • Netherlands (no shipping required)
  • UK (no shipping required)
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Norway (no shipping required)
  • Finland (no shipping required)
  • Belgium
  • Romania (no shipping required)

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  • US (hawaii too)
  • Australia,
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Here's their promise to never use forced labour for their cocoa.

There's also the Tony's open chain: a pledge by many companies (not just eu, also us) to use only ethically sourced cocoa. The companies are: here

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, Consumer Reports did find that Tony’s dark bar had higher levels of lead than some other bars.

To determine the risk posed by the chocolates in CR’s test, we used California's maximum allowable dose level (MADL) for lead (0.5 micrograms) and cadmium (4.1mcg).

Per that metric, Tony's Chocolonely Dark 70% was found to have a 134% dose of lead per ounce. Tony’s has disputed the validity of those metrics.

You can see the report here and Tony’s statement here.