Tony's chocolonely - Dutch chocolate without child slavery!

I was under the impression that Tony’s is working towards a chocolate industry without child labor and forced labor. But the issue is quite complex and they’re not there yet.

Not saying they’re bad. It seems that they’re doing what they can and according to their website they “lead by example”. But I’m not sure if they make any promises about a 100% child labor / forced labor free supply chain at this moment.

The above could be outdated, maybe they’ve achieved their objectives for their own supply chain already. But I can’t find it on their website atm.

I love Tony's, but they're also reportedly higher in lead content than other brands.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

Valrhona is a solid non-American brand pick from the list of safer chocolate and they're B-Corp certified. I believe their parents company is French.

When it comes to chocolate you're often forced to pick your poison, so to speak.

Also it's pretty good. I didn't know I liked milk chocolate, because Hershey's is disgusting. Tony's is objectively a better tasting product.

Aside from the activism stuff, Tonys just tastes how good chocolate should taste.

FYI: Check if whatever brand you like also works with Tony's for their supply chain. For example Jumbo (NL supermarket) sources their chocolate from Tony's and there's quite a lot more partners.

As an American: you guys eat American chocolate?

I love Tony's as much as the next guy. However, be aware that a test conducted in 2022 found high levels of lead in Chocolonely Dark Chocolate variant.

Consistent, long-term exposure to even small amounts of heavy metals can lead to a variety of health problems. The danger is greatest for pregnant people and young children because the metals can cause developmental problems, affect brain development, and lead to lower IQ, says Tunde Akinleye, the CR food safety researcher who led this testing project.

Everyone should watch John Oliver’s Chocolate episode (as much as is preferred not to link YouTube). Tony’s is discussed, and it seems more ethical than most. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHMDjc7qJ8

Edit: updated comment to better reflect coverage.

I discovered Tony's Chocoloney a few months ago, and I really love it. I can get it at my local supermarket as well. Great to see them on here!

I go out of ny way to buy this chocolate (outside EU) as its simply divine compared to American chocolate.

For Norway: you can buy these at Normal. Much cheaper than getting them shipped.

Who downvotes this?

Tony's is great and tastes awesome, but the real question here is, are we european really eating that much non-EU sweets? Maybe the occasional Snickers or Mars, but all the stuff that I tasted and was from across the pond was either brutally sweet or had no flavor at all.

I'd love to have some Tony's Chocolonely. Unfortunately, I have such a severe gluten intolerance that their cross contaminated factory produces Russian Roulette bars for me.

Even though most of their bars don't actually contain gluten based ingredients, the fact they use one big production facility that sprinkles gluten all over the place for shits and giggles ensures I will never be able to safely consume their products.

I'll stick to G'woon chocolate. They at least produce their non-glutened bars in a safe environment.

(And yes I've tried Tony's bars in the past, always resulting in issues because of it.)

Yeah Tastes terribly tho

The main reason I avoid these is that this brand and many other dark chocolate brands apparently contain large amounts of toxic metals like lead and cadmium. No idea if it's true or not.

Contrary to conservative beliefs, food made of child slavery doesn't taste more delicious.

/j...?

...honestly, I wouldn't put it past rich bastards like Musk getting off on their food, due to it being seasoned with suffering.

They are soooooo good!

As an American this is also what I buy. Good stuff. Support them 💪

Tell them to put someone vision abled in the chocolate scoring machine because goddamn they have the worse chocolate scoring ever. Who the fuck wants a circle of a chocolate bar?

@fxomt found it in my local supermarket too

Yikes. It's garbage quality chocolate.

I keep seeing the bars around and I’m very tempted to try it, but I’m allergic lmao. It’ll probably be a lot better than sneaking a Hershey’s though.

Maybe one day they’ll make a carob one.

Haven't tried these but I really enjoy Terry's chocolate! Didn't know oranges and chocolate could taste so good!

Yum

i am definitely going to read this entire comment thread and all its tributaries until i get bored and forget, but also fuck the dutch. fucking badass dike builders when it's feeling kinda sexy for them

edit fuck the tariffs for fucks sake