Bouquet Chocolates and Confections sources its cacao used in all our chocolate products from Northern Nicaragua plantation. We make sure children are being children not labor. The cacao farmers are paid a higher than normal but fare price, a network set up to bring the cacao to Mexico then to the United States. The American currency travels down stream as the cacao travels up. I know that other American bean to bar crafters care about their product and go to great lengths to make sure everything in ethical and morally sound. I / we care about that taste of our chocolate which is amazing from the soils from organically and ethically grown farmers. The Washington post article published this week spotlights BIG CHOCOLATE COMPANIES as it should for creating and using child labor. More to the point the United States FDA has no requirement for how much cacao solids are in foods named chocolate. So, 1 pound of cacao makes 100 tons of chocolate. Cheap heavily processed chocolate named foods that litter the grocery stores, food marts and so on. For our part we Bouquet Chocolates and Confections make sure our chocolate is made with respect and care for all to enjoy and a dash of LOVE. #nochildlabor #cacao #beantobar #chocolate #craftchocolate #pastry #culinary #foodservice (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BybwNhHHYtd/?igshid=dsnc8mgo2z89
