Buy European

Also, Nutella adapts its recipe for different EU countries. The poorer countries get more sugar %. This was warned about in EU Parliament some time ago but I don't know if it's actually been put under control.

Isn't palm oil also cheap and tasteless in comparison to cocoa butter? So not only is it bad for the environment but it also just kinda sucks

Lindt isn’t that good. They market themselves as premium but they kind of fail from a flavour perspective. Completely flat and uninteresting.

Hershey's chocolate is so disgusting. They literally add vomit flavor to it.

I started buying Tony's because I oppose slavery, I keep buying it because it's very good tasting

Completely unasked-for protip if you ever find yourself in Zurich - do the Lindt Home of Chocolate tour (building is fucking gorgeous and the tour is pretty cool), but don't be a sucker and visit the shop in the lobby. There's a factory outlet at the back of the property.

I know as a random American, chances are you won't need this information, but I feel I got played when I walked out with my fancy bag of redic-balls expensive chocolate a few months ago (part of that was the CAD > CHF exchange rate, but still)

I don't even know for sure if the chocolate is less expensive at the back, but noting the number of Swiss coming out of the outlet v. The Home of Chocolate, and difference in bag quality, it probably is.

Also you might see these cars on the way back there, which are adorable af.

Yes, double win if you buy Tony's pro european and anti slavery.

And fyi Marabou used to be Swedish but is now also owned by Mondalez together with some of the brands in the upper part of the illustration.

And they have their own fair sourcing of cocoa with no slave/child labour

I'd say Tony's would be your best bet? Not using slave labor is their stated goal, no idea how much they stick to it in reality

And who doesnt remember the exquisite chocolate made by Chupa Chups and Haribo

It's not an opinion. Chocolate in the US tastes like wax and vegetable oil.

I really like Ritter choccolate, but I find the motto really funny: you can't get more German than describing your chocolate (something you eat) first as square, second as practical, and only third, and last, as good 😆

Toney is also ethical chocolate as the aim is to make the chocolate trade more fair for chocolate farmers. That's also why it's a bit expensive and it's why it is divided the way it is. It's a symbolic representation of how unfairly the chocolate industry distributes the wealth. Next time you buy a Toney bar, try and read the text inside the wrapping paper. Their mission is stated there if I remember correctly.

Correct! But Cocoa on it's own doesn't make chocolate

Your point being? This community isn‘t about exclusively promoting products that don’t have any ingredients from outside of Europe.

There are a lot of European brands missing on that website, and judging by the plethora of random small American ones, I assume it's probably because it's made by an American.

It also weirdly puts Tony's in the boycott section, when it's basically the only big brand trying to actively change their whole supply chain (there's still progress to be made, but putting it alongside Nestlé? really?).

In any way, it's good advice in the end.