The chocolate companies12 June 2008
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Divine
The Day Chocolate Company works with Kuapa Kokoo, the farmers' co-operative that produces the cocoa for Divine, and also owns one third of the shares in the company.
Fair trade mark? Yes
Organic? No (The Day Chocolate Company chocolate isn't certified organic, but claim it's very unusual for their farmers to use chemicals.)
Green and Blacks
Cocoa, bought from small-scale farmers, is cultivated without using chemicals or artificial fertilisers.
Fair Trade mark? Maya Gold only
Organic? Yes
Montezumas
All the cocoa comes from small co-operative plantations in the Dominican Republic.
Fair trade mark? No
Organic? Yes
Oxfam
Cocoa comes from the Amazonian region of Bolivia and organic sugar from The Philippines.
Fair trade mark? Yes
Organic? Some
Traidcraft
Luxury continental chocolate made in Switzerland using cocoa beans from Bolivia and muscovado sugar from The Philippines.
Fair Trade mark? Yes
Organic? Yes
