How can I help?
In order to help prevent future cases of child labor, you can :
1. Educate yourself and others, but do so carefully. Be mindful about other people's opinions and preferences.
2. Buy clothes, food, and household items that are Fair Trade Certified.
3. Go organic and grow your own food. This makes your diet a bit healthier, and makes the community a bit greener!
4. Channel a portion of your income to reliable charities that help clothe, feed, and place children in loving homes.
5. Write to lawmakers and companies to show that they do not have your support due to the lack of responsiveness when it comes to child slaves.
2. Buy clothes, food, and household items that are Fair Trade Certified.
3. Go organic and grow your own food. This makes your diet a bit healthier, and makes the community a bit greener!
4. Channel a portion of your income to reliable charities that help clothe, feed, and place children in loving homes.
5. Write to lawmakers and companies to show that they do not have your support due to the lack of responsiveness when it comes to child slaves.
Avoid buying from these companies:
– Delicaseys Chocolates
– Hershey’s
– NÓI SÍRÍUS’s chocolate (dark)
– Scharffen Berger (owned by Hershey)
– Stuffed Cakes
Cannot recommend but are working on the issues in various ways
– ABC Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– ALDI (Moser-Roth)
– Alpro (Alpro Soya and Provamel)
– Amella
– Amore di Mona
– Amy E’s Bakery
– Ananda Foods
– Barry Callebaut
– Beech’s
– Bensdorp
– Beyond Dark
– Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier
– Blommer
– Boulder Cookie
– Chocolat Stella*
– Chocolove
– Chocoveda
– Clif Bar
– Creek House Patisserie
– Deliss Chocolate
– Dilettante
– Dr. Oetker USA, LLC
– Enjoy Life
– Go Max Go
– Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (Just Born)
– Guittard Chocolate Company
– The Healthy Baking Company
– The Inspired Cookie
– Kashi
– Lazy Day Foods (England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
– LEDA Chocolate (Australia & New Zealand)
– Lily’s
– Little Brownie Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– Liz Lovely Cookies
– Mariposa Baking Company
– Morning Sunshine Breakfast Cookies
– NOW
– NuNaturals, Inc.
– OCHO Candy
– Pacific Natural Foods
– Pangea
– Schmerling’s
– Silver Spoon (England)
– Simply Lite
– Starbucks
– Strauss
– Svelte
– Summerdown Pure Mint Chocolate Mint Thins
– Sunwarrior*
– Sweet William (New Zealand)
– Thorntons
– Tony’s Chocolonely
– TradeAid (New Zealand)
– Terra Nostra
– VEGA
– Villars
– Wayfare
– Whittaker’s (Australia & New Zealand)
– World’s Finest Chocolate
– Xan Confections
Cannot recommend but at least responded
– Alternative Baking Company
– Brooklyn Dark
– Cacao Barry
– Choffy Brewed Chocolate
– Coco Maya (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Dagoba (owned by Hershey)
– Dr. Fuhrman’s Cocoa Powder
– Feed Your Face
– FINE & RAW
– Hail Merry
– Home Free
– Kirkland (CostCo)
– Lindt (Ghirardelli Chocolate)
– Lucy’s Cookies
– Lush Gourmet Foods
– Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine
– Mom’s Munchies
– No Whey! Chocolates
– Olive & Sinclair’s Chocolate
– Pamela’s Products
– Peter’s Chocolate
– PlantFusion
– Premium Chocolatiers
– Pudology (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Ritter
– Sanders Candy
– See’s Candies
– Shoko Chocolates
– Simple Truth Organic®
– Steve’s Ice Cream
– Theobroma Chocolat
– Three Sisters Cereal (MOM Brands)
– Tofutti
– Unigra Chocolate
– UNREAL
– Valrhona
– Whole Foods Market chocolate chips
– Wilbur Chocolate
– Wild Friends Foods
– YisRoYal (gourmet vegan cookie dough)
Cannot recommend: companies that would not disclose (no transparency for customers)
– Choklad Mörk (Ikea)
– The Essential Bite / The Essential Cookie
– General Mills (Nature Valley)
– Glutino
– Good Greens
– The Hain Celestial Group (Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Sunspire, Chocolate Dream, Tropical Source)
– hipo hyfryd
– Indie Candy
– Kinnikinnick Foods
– Lenny & Larry’s
– LUV Ice Cream
– Mondelēz (Oreo)
– Moonstruck Chocolatier
– NuGo – Nutrition to Go
– O’Natra
– Oppenheimer Chocolates U.S.A. Inc
– Pangea brand
– Peanut Butter & Co.
– Pure Matters
– Q.bel Foods
– Recchiuti Confections
– Sainsburys (England)
– Salish Sea Chocolate Company
– Silk (TCBY)
– Sugar Plum Chocolates
– Trader Joe’s
– Udi’s
– Vosges
– Waitrose (England)
– Western Family
– Whole Foods Market Plant Fit Protein
Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond
– Anandamide and Substantial
– Anthon Berg
– Amber Lyn Chocolates
– Amedei
– Amul
– Barbara’s
– barkTHINS
– Ben & Jerry’s
– Benedicks
– Berggold (Germany)
– Betty Lou’s
– Blue Diamond
– Bodylogix®
– Boston Cookies
– Break Brittle
– Califia Farms
– Chatfield’s Chocolates
– Chocholistic
– Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate
– City Girl Country Girl
– Coco Polo
– Considerit Chocolate
– Cybele’s
– Deavas
– Domori
– Double Rainbow Soy Cream
– Droste
– earnest eats
– Eskal Noble Choice (Australia/New Zealand)
– Essy and Bella Chocolate
– Excellent Baron Chocolatier
– Frankly Natural Bakers
– G. Debbas Chocolatier
– Galerie Au Chocolat
– Galler Chocolatier
– Gelateria Naia
– Good Karma
– Green & Black’s
– The Grenada Chocolate Company
– Grimaldi Candies
– Halo (Pro Bar)
– Health Warrior
– Heaven Sent
– Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
– Hu Kitchen Chocolates
– Jade Chocolates
– Kinnerton (EU)
– LÄRABAR
– Laughing Giraffe Organics
– Little Secrets
– LoveRaw Chocolate (EU)
– Maestrani
– Medifast
– Molly Rose Balms
– NadaMoo!
– Nairn’s
– Nana’s Cookie Company
– Nuts.com
– Orgain
– Pacari
– Paskesz Candy Inc.
– Pasteland Chocolate
– Penzey’s
– Peet’s Coffee and Tea
– Prestat (England)
– Puratos
– Pure Fit Nutrition Bars
– Riso Scotti (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Roco Chocolates (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Rose City Chocolatier
– Sanitarium (Australia/New Zealand)
– Santa Cruz Organic
– Schmidt’s Deodorant
– Seattle Chocolate Company
– ShaSha Co.
– Sunbiotics
– Superior Natural Foods
– Suzanne’s Specialties
– The Good Bean
– The Nude Spoon (London only)
– The Tea Room
– The Winning Combination
– Tradin Organic
– Two Degrees
– Uncle Eddie’s
– Vantastic Foods Schakalode (EU)
– Wonderfully Raw
– WonderSlim
– Xylitol
– ZenSoy
– Delicaseys Chocolates
– Hershey’s
– NÓI SÍRÍUS’s chocolate (dark)
– Scharffen Berger (owned by Hershey)
– Stuffed Cakes
Cannot recommend but are working on the issues in various ways
– ABC Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– ALDI (Moser-Roth)
– Alpro (Alpro Soya and Provamel)
– Amella
– Amore di Mona
– Amy E’s Bakery
– Ananda Foods
– Barry Callebaut
– Beech’s
– Bensdorp
– Beyond Dark
– Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier
– Blommer
– Boulder Cookie
– Chocolat Stella*
– Chocolove
– Chocoveda
– Clif Bar
– Creek House Patisserie
– Deliss Chocolate
– Dilettante
– Dr. Oetker USA, LLC
– Enjoy Life
– Go Max Go
– Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (Just Born)
– Guittard Chocolate Company
– The Healthy Baking Company
– The Inspired Cookie
– Kashi
– Lazy Day Foods (England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
– LEDA Chocolate (Australia & New Zealand)
– Lily’s
– Little Brownie Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– Liz Lovely Cookies
– Mariposa Baking Company
– Morning Sunshine Breakfast Cookies
– NOW
– NuNaturals, Inc.
– OCHO Candy
– Pacific Natural Foods
– Pangea
– Schmerling’s
– Silver Spoon (England)
– Simply Lite
– Starbucks
– Strauss
– Svelte
– Summerdown Pure Mint Chocolate Mint Thins
– Sunwarrior*
– Sweet William (New Zealand)
– Thorntons
– Tony’s Chocolonely
– TradeAid (New Zealand)
– Terra Nostra
– VEGA
– Villars
– Wayfare
– Whittaker’s (Australia & New Zealand)
– World’s Finest Chocolate
– Xan Confections
Cannot recommend but at least responded
– Alternative Baking Company
– Brooklyn Dark
– Cacao Barry
– Choffy Brewed Chocolate
– Coco Maya (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Dagoba (owned by Hershey)
– Dr. Fuhrman’s Cocoa Powder
– Feed Your Face
– FINE & RAW
– Hail Merry
– Home Free
– Kirkland (CostCo)
– Lindt (Ghirardelli Chocolate)
– Lucy’s Cookies
– Lush Gourmet Foods
– Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine
– Mom’s Munchies
– No Whey! Chocolates
– Olive & Sinclair’s Chocolate
– Pamela’s Products
– Peter’s Chocolate
– PlantFusion
– Premium Chocolatiers
– Pudology (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Ritter
– Sanders Candy
– See’s Candies
– Shoko Chocolates
– Simple Truth Organic®
– Steve’s Ice Cream
– Theobroma Chocolat
– Three Sisters Cereal (MOM Brands)
– Tofutti
– Unigra Chocolate
– UNREAL
– Valrhona
– Whole Foods Market chocolate chips
– Wilbur Chocolate
– Wild Friends Foods
– YisRoYal (gourmet vegan cookie dough)
Cannot recommend: companies that would not disclose (no transparency for customers)
– Choklad Mörk (Ikea)
– The Essential Bite / The Essential Cookie
– General Mills (Nature Valley)
– Glutino
– Good Greens
– The Hain Celestial Group (Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Sunspire, Chocolate Dream, Tropical Source)
– hipo hyfryd
– Indie Candy
– Kinnikinnick Foods
– Lenny & Larry’s
– LUV Ice Cream
– Mondelēz (Oreo)
– Moonstruck Chocolatier
– NuGo – Nutrition to Go
– O’Natra
– Oppenheimer Chocolates U.S.A. Inc
– Pangea brand
– Peanut Butter & Co.
– Pure Matters
– Q.bel Foods
– Recchiuti Confections
– Sainsburys (England)
– Salish Sea Chocolate Company
– Silk (TCBY)
– Sugar Plum Chocolates
– Trader Joe’s
– Udi’s
– Vosges
– Waitrose (England)
– Western Family
– Whole Foods Market Plant Fit Protein
Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond
– Anandamide and Substantial
– Anthon Berg
– Amber Lyn Chocolates
– Amedei
– Amul
– Barbara’s
– barkTHINS
– Ben & Jerry’s
– Benedicks
– Berggold (Germany)
– Betty Lou’s
– Blue Diamond
– Bodylogix®
– Boston Cookies
– Break Brittle
– Califia Farms
– Chatfield’s Chocolates
– Chocholistic
– Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate
– City Girl Country Girl
– Coco Polo
– Considerit Chocolate
– Cybele’s
– Deavas
– Domori
– Double Rainbow Soy Cream
– Droste
– earnest eats
– Eskal Noble Choice (Australia/New Zealand)
– Essy and Bella Chocolate
– Excellent Baron Chocolatier
– Frankly Natural Bakers
– G. Debbas Chocolatier
– Galerie Au Chocolat
– Galler Chocolatier
– Gelateria Naia
– Good Karma
– Green & Black’s
– The Grenada Chocolate Company
– Grimaldi Candies
– Halo (Pro Bar)
– Health Warrior
– Heaven Sent
– Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
– Hu Kitchen Chocolates
– Jade Chocolates
– Kinnerton (EU)
– LÄRABAR
– Laughing Giraffe Organics
– Little Secrets
– LoveRaw Chocolate (EU)
– Maestrani
– Medifast
– Molly Rose Balms
– NadaMoo!
– Nairn’s
– Nana’s Cookie Company
– Nuts.com
– Orgain
– Pacari
– Paskesz Candy Inc.
– Pasteland Chocolate
– Penzey’s
– Peet’s Coffee and Tea
– Prestat (England)
– Puratos
– Pure Fit Nutrition Bars
– Riso Scotti (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Roco Chocolates (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Rose City Chocolatier
– Sanitarium (Australia/New Zealand)
– Santa Cruz Organic
– Schmidt’s Deodorant
– Seattle Chocolate Company
– ShaSha Co.
– Sunbiotics
– Superior Natural Foods
– Suzanne’s Specialties
– The Good Bean
– The Nude Spoon (London only)
– The Tea Room
– The Winning Combination
– Tradin Organic
– Two Degrees
– Uncle Eddie’s
– Vantastic Foods Schakalode (EU)
– Wonderfully Raw
– WonderSlim
– Xylitol
– ZenSoy