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Every year, Every year, chocolate companies get how they how they treat cocoa farmers, refused Welcome Welcome to day 37 Welcome to day 37 of making a simple a big sustainability impact, and today we're talking choc So, here's the shelf, is what most of us reach for Turn that over and cocoprogram.info Now, that sounds official, It's Cadbury's own program, run by its parent company, Mondelez, And in 2016, independent fair trade mark with The difference is fair trade sets a minimum price the farmer has to be paid, whereas in-house program doesn't have to set one Now, the bit that got us is that every coalition of charities publishes scorecard, grading 49 chocolate companies child labor, de-forestation, farmer income, the lot Mondelez, so Cadbury's, Toblerone, Milka, Green and Black's, refused to take part were named as a bad egg along company, Starbucks Lindt Lindt took the test and finished And here's why farmer income keeps coming up In Ivory Coast, what a cocoa farmer actually gets paid for a kilo of beans is about less than fair trade reckons they need to live on Meanwhile, world cocoa has fallen from over 10,000 a ton to just three and a half Your bar didn't get cheaper chances are And look what's actually inside 20% cocoa, then vegetable fats, palm shea, alongside cocoa butter, plus a couple of emulsifiers Lindt does the same trick, only for them the vegetable fat is second on the list ahead of any cocoa So, you're paying chocolate money for cheaper fat Green & Blacks It has both organic and fair trade marks on pack, and that's genuine, but it's Mondelez too So, enjoy it, but just know who owns So, what There's two here and then one In second place, the plain Waitrose And this one actually surprised us It's 32% cocoa, That's Tony's Chocolonely's own sourcing system, opened up for other companies to use And it pays a price that's meant to cover what a farmer actually needs to live on And Waitrose was the first UK retailer Also, it's the cheapest per 100 But in first place, of course, Same 32%, no palm, fair trade and a certified So, the whole business gets independently checked not just the cocoa They can trace the beans back Only two of the 49 got top marks, and Tony's And it came first for farmer income Plus the wrapper's paper and foil so Finally, if you want to go one Fatso 60%, so a dark bar and a different thing, It's South London based, women-led, single origin Colombian cocoa, recyclable carton, and a compostable wrap It's the most expensive by a stretch, so maybe consider it a treat bar So, here's the rule for the chocolate aisle First, the logo You want one that promises a price Not a program Fair trade sets a floor, open chain goes further Second, the cocoa percentage and the fats in under it. The purple bar has 20% and palm The ones we've recommended are 32% and no palm So, if there's a UK chocolate love, drop And as always, the prices of everything we've mentioned along with our cheat sheet down in the caption So, save this for your next shop We reckon it'll come in handy