This Chocolate Week there are even more reasons to celebrate with these new chocolate bars, all using Fairtrade ingredients.
Five awesome Fairtrade partners have new chocolate treats just waiting for your next coffee break.
Alter Eco
Alter Eco source all of their ingredients from small-scale producers committed to regenerative farming. Each scrumptious chocolate bar brings together the best, organic Fairtrade ingredients. They have an amazing six new chocolate bars to try:
- Ecuador 70% Dark
- Peruvian 85% Dark
- Almond Dark Chocolate
- Orange Dark Chocolate
- Milk Chocolate
- Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate
Ask for Alter Eco chocolate at independent grocery shops across the UK.
Co-op Gro
Co-op GRO Gianduja Chocolate Bar is a scrumptious new vegan chocolate bar.
Ideal for fans of plant-based treats, this smooth hazelnut chocolate is made with Fairtrade Peruvian cocoa.
Green & Black’s
Green & Black’s Maya Gold was the very first chocolate in the UK to carry the Fairtrade MARK.
Green & Black’s new Organic Smooth 50% Cocoa bars are made with exceptionally smooth and less bitter dark Fairtrade chocolate. There’s a new Smooth Mint flavour too.
Mighty Fine
Mighty Fine handmake all of their gorgeous golden honeycomb treats here in the UK and are moving to 100 per cent Fairtrade cocoa!
Look for the FAIRTRADE Mark on their bars and dips from the start of 2023.
Waitrose
The new No.1 WholeFruit Chocolate Special Edition Bar is made from 100 per cent pure Fairtrade cacaofruit (the fruit that cocoa beans come from).
This exclusive bar uses the whole of the fruit, apart from the skin, to help reduce food waste.
Why choose Fairtrade chocolate?
At Fairtrade, we’re all fans of chocolate.
But we know that cocoa farming can be punishing. Farmers work long, hard days – often not earning enough to live on. According to research, a typical cocoa farmer in Côte d’Ivoire earns less than $1 a day.
Added to that is the increasing impact of climate change, with unpredictable weather and new pests and diseases attacking cocoa crops.
Together with farmers and businesses, Fairtrade is working for a fairer future in chocolate.
Fairtrade farmers receive the Fairtrade Minimum Price for their goods, plus the Fairtrade Premium.
This extra sum of money means that not only can cocoa farmers pay for everyday necessities like healthcare, they can invest the Premium into projects to help the community or to improve biodiversity where they live.
So next time you get your chocolate fix, make sure it has the Fairtrade MARK on the label.