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What does Fairtrade mean on chocolate?
Fair trade chocolate is chocolate that is made with cacao beans from farmers who are paid a fair price for their crop, instead of the low price set by the market. This allows farmers to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better life for their families.
Is Fairtrade chocolate better?
Not only is fair trade chocolate good for people, it’s also good for the planet. Equal Exchange, for example, works with farmers on small cocoa farms to develop sustainable harvests that preserve local habitats and increase biodiversity.
Is Fairtrade chocolate really Fairtrade?
Yes. Fair trade certification requires sustainable production. This means that fair trade chocolate was produced using cacao that was sustainably grown and harvested, which means chemicals and pesticides are rarely used.
How do you know if chocolate is Fairtrade?
Another way is by looking at the individual chocolate bar’s wrapper or the brand’s website for certification labels and logos. A few to look out for are Fair Trade Certified, Fair for Life, and Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa.
Why should I buy Fairtrade chocolate?
Fairtrade guarantees farmers a financial safety net, even when global cocoa prices decrease. We are the only major certification labor that guarantees farmers earn a price that supports costs of sustainable production, and we recently increased our Fairtrade Minimum Price by 20 percent.
Is Cadburys chocolate Fairtrade?
It has been seven years since Cadbury Dairy Milk became Fairtrade certified in the UK. At a stroke, 350 million chocolate bars a year were certified, bringing the Fairtrade Mark into every corner shop in the country.
What is wrong with Fairtrade chocolate?
Choosing Fairtrade cocoa makes a difference Widespread poverty, deforestation, gender inequality, child labour and forced labour are persistent problems in the cocoa sector which could ultimately destroy it.
Is Fairtrade chocolate more expensive?
Do Fair Trade Certified products cost more than conventional products? Not necessarily. Fair Trade Certified coffees and chocolates are generally priced competitively with other gourmet, specialty coffees and chocolates. They are, though, more expensive than mass-produced, low-quality coffees and chocolates.
What is the difference between Fairtrade chocolate and normal chocolate?
When you choose Fairtrade chocolate, you know that the farmers and workers who produced the cocoa in it, received an additional Fairtrade Premium on top of the price of their crop which they can invest in their communities and use to fight the effects of climate change.
Who benefits from Fairtrade?
Fairtrade gives shoppers the opportunity to live and shop according to their principles and take action to support farmers and their families. Fairtrade provides consumers with an opportunity to connect with the people who grow the produce we enjoy and need.
Why is Fairtrade a good thing?
Fairtrade enables consumers to demand a better deal for those that produce our food. Through choosing Fairtrade consumers can demand the highest standards from business and government, ensuring people and planet are not exploited to create the products we enjoy.
Why did Cadbury leave Fairtrade?
Because this was a new and different way of working and the payments to farmers and additional investments don’t work in the same way as Fairtrade certification – it was clear that the products must stop carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark on the front. Instead from May 2017, they will have the Cocoa Life logo.
Where does Fairtrade chocolate come from?
Around six million people depend on farming cocoa for their livelihoods around the world, with over 60% of the world’s cocoa sourced from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana alone.Privacy Overview. Cookie Duration Description YSC session This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
Does Lindt use Fairtrade chocolate?
The following is from Lindt Chocolate to an individual who pressed them beyond their canned response for some more clarity: “We are not part of the Ethical Chocolate Companies List on www.slavefreechocolate.org because we are not certifying and labeling our products as Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ certified.
Are Kit Kats Fairtrade?
As the new cocoa harvest season kicked off in Côte d’Ivoire earlier this month, it also marked the sad moment when KitKats are no longer Fairtrade, a few months after Nestlé announced that KitKats would no longer contain Fairtrade cocoa and sugar.
Why do people not buy Fairtrade products?
There seem to be three factors that explain this disparity in consumption of fair trade products. They are: (1) lack of information in fair trade; (2) lack of confidence in the benefits of fair trade; and (3) additional cost of fair trade goods.
What are the disadvantages of buying Fairtrade products?
Producers have to pay for the costs of certification. This puts small importers who deal 100 percent in fair trade at a competitive disadvantage. Certification doesn’t take into account that what constitutes a living wage or a fair payment in one area may not be enough for someone in a different location to subsist on.
Should we buy Fairtrade?
Because Fairtrade guarantees a minimum price for produce, buying products with the Fairtrade mark gives growers of cocoa, coffee, tea and other crops more financial security, making them less vulnerable to poverty.
