March 23, 2007
Yachana Jungle Chocolate!
After yesterdays article about slavery in the worldwide chocolate market I did a little more research and found a couple of websites that sell "Humane Dark Chocolate"!
Two of these brands jumped out at me. The first is a reasonably well known brand and I know how good their chocolate is so I was pleased to see they comply with
Green & Blacks
"… Craig Sams, founder of Whole Earth - the pioneering organic food company, and his wife, environment columnist for The Times and confirmed
Craig and Jo visited Belize on holiday and drank a local drink flavoured with cocoa beans and spices made by Mayan farmers whose ancestors had originally domesticated the cocoa bean. Inspired by the taste and aroma of the rainforests, they decided to recapture them in Green & Black's Maya Gold chocolate - a blend of intense dark chocolate with a refreshing twist of orange, perfectly balanced by the warmth of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Maya Gold was the first product to be awarded the Fair Trade mark."
To read more about Green & Blacks and find out where you can get it click here
Yachana Jungle Chocolate
"This is not processed chocolate with added ingredients! Unlike processed chocolate that contains milk, butter, sugar, vanilla and other ingredients, this is truly natural. Yachana Jungle Chocolate will not melt and has a long shelf-life.
A chocolate bar might be eaten in one sitting, but a 2 oz. package of Jungle Chocolate contains lots of servings. Just a few morsels in the palm of your hand are enough to satisfy the cravings of most
We've had customers who are on the Atkins or South Beach diets tell us that Yachana Jungle Chocolates are quite a find, because this natural chocolate is low in sugar and carbohydrates.
Not only will you and your chocolate-loving friends love this new Jungle Chocolate's great taste, but you'll be making a positive difference in Ecuador!
Yachana Gourmet pays farmers 200% to 300% above the local market price for their cacao and adds value by producing this delicious chocolate product. Additionally, Yachana Jungle Chocolate carries the certification of the Fair Trade Federation and all aspects of its production adhere to fair trade principles helping people of the Ecuadorian rainforest live better lives.
The Ecuadorian Government says that this project is a truly viable alternative in Ecuador to industries involved in the growing and trafficking of cocaine."
Well that is certainly food for thought! So what they are saying is we should eat as much Dark Chocolate (as long as it is Fair Trade Ecuadorian) as we can because it might help diminish the illegal drug industry (from the mind of a different sort of addict, chocoholic!). Sounds like a good enough excuse to me, where can I order
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