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Organic chocolate is chocolate which has been certified organic. As of 2016, it was a growing sector in the global chocolate industry. Organic chocolate is a socially desirable product for some consumers.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-money-organic-chocolate-idUSKBN0LF2F820150211|title=Is organic chocolate worth the price?|author=Mitch Lipka|date=11 February 2015|work=Reuters|accessdate=15 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.candyindustry.com/articles/85215-report---19-5-billion-in-chocolate-sales-and-20--growth-in-organic|title=Report: $19.5 billion in chocolate sales—and 20% growth in organic - 2012-05-30 - Candy Industry|publisher=|accessdate=15 March 2016}} Major brands, such as The Hershey Company, have begun to produce organic chocolate.{{cite web|url=http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/dagoba-sold-to-hersheys.html|title=Dagoba Sold To Hershey's|work=TreeHugger|accessdate=15 March 2016}}

Sources

Many, if not most, producers of organic chocolate source their ingredients from certified fair trade cocoa farms and cooperatives.{{cite web|url=http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/main.html|title=Slave-Free Chocolate|publisher=|accessdate=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313054416/http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/main.html|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Organic chocolate comes in varieties including milk, white, and dark chocolate. Major brands of organic chocolate include Britain-based Green & Black's, Hershey-owned Dagoba Chocolate, and Equal Exchange.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/dessert/g165/fair-trade-chocolate-organic-chocolate/|title=Best Organic and Fair Trade Chocolate - Fair Trade and Organic Chocolates|author=The Daily Green Staff|date=9 May 2013|work=Good Housekeeping|accessdate=15 March 2016}} Less-known retailers include Taza Chocolate, Pacari Chocolate, and Sacred Chocolate, a brand noted for producing raw chocolate.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Production process

The Seattle-based chocolate maker Theo Chocolate was one of the first companies that were "fair-trade certified" and produced organic chocolate. In 2006 when Theo Chocolate began their production of organic chocolate, there were no solid guidelines for chocolate manufacturing at the time and they had to get the process and ingredients in the correct measurements. The main ingredient in chocolate, cocoa is found close to the equator and the majority is grown in West Africa and South America.{{Citation |last=Fromm |first=Ingrid |title=Organic chocolate for the Swiss market : contract farming in the cocoa sector in Honduras |date=2013 |work=Fromm, Ingrid (2013). Organic chocolate for the Swiss market : contract farming in the cocoa sector in Honduras In: Contract farming for inclusive market access (pp. 129-142). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |pages=129–142 |url=http://www.fao.org/in-action/contract-farming/resources/library-document-detail/en/c/235813/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |others=Ingrid Fromm |place=Rome |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |isbn=978-92-5-108061-0}} The organic cocoa, the main ingredient in organic chocolate, is sent to the chocolate factory, where they are thoroughly cleaned and foreign objects are removed. Organic cocoa beans are grown less than non-organic cocoa beans.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=31 Current Chocolate Statistics (Market Data 2024) |url=https://damecacao.com/chocolate-statistics/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Dame Cacao |language=en-US}} Beyond the cocoa, other ingredients are also organic.{{Cite news|url=https://emagazine.com/sweet-dreams/|title=Sweet Dreams|date=2007-10-26|work=Emagazine.com|access-date=2018-11-04|language=en-US}}

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