Channel 4 documentary Dispatches went undercover in Ghana where children as young as 10 have been working gruelling hours to supply cocoa beans to Cadbury – Britain’s favourite chocolate brand. Their undercover investigation, Cadbury Exposed: Dispatches, revealed illegal conditions on farms that support Cadbury’s ethical farming scheme Cocoa Life. Cocoa Life was set up by…
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Child slaves, the true cost of chocolate!
What is the human cost of production? Are we aware of, and are we happy with the true cost of the products we consume? Tony’s Chocolonely (a Dutch chocolate company) recently came under fire after it was removed from a list of ethical chocolate companies due to its ties with ‘Big Cocoa’. Big…