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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The irregular pieces make it much easier to eat. You make a conscious decision how much you break off, instead of just getting another 4 squares.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yes... haha.... conscious eating... haha...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Am I the only one that thinks its ridiculous to eat an ounce of chocolate a day?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

you're right, you need at least 7 a day to keep diabetes at bay!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Then... Don't?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If they paid the farmers more they could just make regular shaped chocolate

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Fait point, but it's a statement about the industry as a whole, not their own production. Even if they were to distribute profits evenly over the entire production chain of their products (which I agree they probably don't), the industry as a whole would still have this problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that is exactly why this company was founded.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

They literally do, and their chocolate is a little more expensive because of it

But they're not Hershey or Cadbury (whoever owns them, forget the name rn), or even close to them in size, so they can't just fix the industry all on their own

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fuck Nestle

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They are also 6€ so, not for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The problem is that other chocolates are too cheap and literally use slave labor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Treat yourself one time. The quality of the chocolate is so much better than the garbage shoveled out by Hersheys.

My spouse and I discovered their chocolate by chance. It's now our go-to because of their business practices and their quality.

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