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Tony's Chocolonelyย is a Dutchย chocolateย manufacturer and seller. Created in 2005, the company's market share in the Netherlands was 18 percent in 2018.

In 2022, theย Thomson Reuters Foundation awarded Tony's Chocolonely the Stop Slavery Award in the category "Goods and Services Companies".ย 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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Canadian here. Is there anywhere to get reasonably priced bulk chocolate chips or chunks for baking, in Europe, that ship to North America?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Callebaut is a common supplier for bakeries in Europe. That stuff is definitely not slavery free though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yea we have Callebaut in Canada as well. It's also ~$100/cad for 2.5 kg or ~$25/500g. That's a do without kinda price for us. I get we have to expect to pay more but we simply don't have the means for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

2.5kg is about 60 euros for me in the Netherlands. That is about 95 CAD, so not much of a difference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Since my family of five lives on less than $20,000/year Canadian due to my disability, I guess chocolate is out now. Oh well. It could be worse.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

French fair trade brand with a lot of choice: ร‰thiquable

Not sure if they export much. The prices in France are reasonable considering cocoa prices make even junk chocolate quite expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Also really nice is the chocolate from Vivani https://vivani.de/en/vivani-en/

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Bought one about a year ago just to try it... It was okay. Definitely not worth the price...

Aldi chocolate is the way to go, imo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
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