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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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There's also the Tony's open chain: a pledge by many companies (not just eu, also us) to use only ethically sourced cocoa. The companies are: here

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[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

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.

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is for dark chocolate only, and the article has them listed as one of the lowest lead brands. Crazy that they're all so high though, WTF!

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

A fair point! Didn't even occur to me since I only bother with the dark stuff lol

They're the lowest listed of the "high lead content" category. So kind of the best of the worst for it, I suppose.