"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

  • Blackout@fedia.io
    1182·
    1 个月前

    I do like these bars but breaking it into pieces without a mess is difficult. I’ve had to resort to putting the entire thing in my mouth and waiting for it to melt down my throat.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
      572·
      1 个月前

      There is absolutely no difference in price between the two - i.e. a “fancy” one like this and a regular one. Both will most likely be made by machining a block of graphite and using EDM to make the actual mold. The difference in machining time wouldn’t cost more than $200 or so

        • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
          34·
          1 个月前

          Do you also find it hilarious to use the word techno whenever somebody mentions EDM?

          One time this dude who is maybe a little autistic, possibly very autistic, made this super detailed post about all the different genres of electronic dance music. If you know anything about it, you know there’s some hyper-specific sub genres out there, and this dude took the time to not only list them all out, but verbally describe what made a piece of music fit into one genre versus all the others.

          Obviously I replied with something like “Man, I love techno.”

    • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
      141·
      1 个月前

      Sure, gram for gram, Tony’s has 34% more lead than California would like, but their chocolate is still sold in the state.

      To add to what @Maalus@lemmy.world pointed out, the Mast bar is 70g for $8, while Tony’s bar is 180g for $6.

      Gram for gram, Mast is more than triple the price.

  • kindenough@kbin.earth
    62·
    1 个月前

    Quite succesful in the Netherlands.

    In 2003, after discovering that the majority of chocolate produced at the time had links to human exploitation, Dutch television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken began producing programs about the horrors of the commercial cocoa industry on his show Keuringsdienst van Waarde. Furthermore, he submitted a request to be prosecuted for knowingly purchasing an illegally manufactured product, which prosecutors declined to do.

    After three years of unsuccessful attempts to change the industry through investigative efforts, Van de Keuken decided to start producing chocolate bars himself. The brand was called “Tony’s Chocolonely” with “Tony” (= Teun) and “Chocolonely” in reference to Teun van de Keuken feeling as if he was the only person in the industry who was interested in eradicating slavery. Van de Keuken sold 20,000 bars in two days.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teun_van_de_Keuken

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nl
    41·
    1 个月前

    Some info, that’s interesting and helps balance this blatant advertisement. Tony’s was started by Dutch television maker Teun van der Keuken. He worked on a program that exposes products for their production methods and false marketing and so on. They stumbled onto the slavery that’s part of the cacao industry. He asked to be arrested for eating chocolate, and in doing so enabling slave labor, but he wasn’t. He started out Tony’s Chocolonely to attempt to change the chocolate industry. He’s not part of the company anymore. He has concluded the mission has failed, and is very critical of his former company, saying they’ve lost sight of the aim: slave-free chocolate.

      • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nl
        3·
        1 个月前

        This article is from 2015. By then it’s been 10 years since the company started, and he already left it. In the article he explains that still only 25% of the cacao used in Tony’s Chocolonely is guaranteed slave-free, let alone that they’ve had any significant impact on the industry at large. He says the situation of slave labor in cacao industry has only worsened. Tony’s has changed the message on their product “100% slave free” (which was false advertising) to something like “working together towards slave-free chocolate”, which he concludes to be meaningless marketing. It’s rather bizarre that such a message is allowed on a product that contains cacao from slave-labor…

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      671·
      1 个月前

      They literally do, and their chocolate is a little more expensive because of it

      But they’re not Hershey or Cadbury (whoever owns them, forget the name rn), or even close to them in size, so they can’t just fix the industry all on their own

      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
        12·
        1 个月前

        Cadbury (whoever owns them, forget the name rn),

        Kraft, now called Mondelez

        Also Mars is the largest confectionery brand

        • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          1 个月前

          Ok, I was actually pretty sure Mondelez was the name but was too lazy to google it

          And I almost said mars instead of Hershey, then mistakenly thought Hershey’s owns Mars when I know Mondelez owns Hershey and so I basically listed them twice

          Don’t Lemmy right after you wake up, kids, you’ll look silly

      • federal reverse@feddit.org
        2·
        1 个月前

        In 2010, Kraft bought Cadbury. Kraft then split up into Kraft (roughly: cheese for the US) and Mondelez (roughly: sweets for RoW), with Mondelez taking along with it Cadbury.

        • arefx@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 个月前

          I’m not sure the last time any of these people have eaten Cadbury but it’s absilute dog shit tier chocolate now in the USA. It’s like buying Hersheys

      • pixelscript@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 个月前

        The “lonely” part of the name comes from how they’re the only player in the industry trying to do what they do.

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      1 个月前

      Fait point, but it’s a statement about the industry as a whole, not their own production. Even if they were to distribute profits evenly over the entire production chain of their products (which I agree they probably don’t), the industry as a whole would still have this problem.

        • barsoap@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 个月前

          It’s European baseline quality. Still I’m low-key addicted to their cream/coffee combo. Moser-Roth (also Aldi, produced by Storck just like Choceur) is approximately Lindt quality, that is, still meh but at least it’s not overpriced AF.

          Actually good chocolate costs actual money. Stuff like Domori where you’re looking at 20 Euros for 100g, or stuff you don’t even get in retail, any retail, you have to drive to Belgium and visit a small chocolatier hidden in some back alley. People who buy top-grade beans at auctions, instead of whole harvests from trusted producers, much less random shit off the commodity market.

          Decent Criollo cocoa powder (also nibs) can be had for the price of supermarket “brand-name” cocoa powder, though, definitely worth it. If you compare it to the likes of Nesquick you’re getting at a like 1000x price difference (Nesquick is mostly sugar and starch, not cocoa).

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            1·
            1 个月前

            The chocolate I buy is probably boutique level in comparison usually costing around 6-8€ and usually 50-100g per bar.
            I am mostly getting those from local coffee or spice specialty shops.
            But I am rarely buying those and usually only eating one segment per day.

            My brands/product if I crave for chocolate:
            Zotter: “Amalfi Zitrone + Salbeimarzipan” (tl. Amalfi Lemon + sage marzipan), Yuzu Citrus
            -> I can really recommend the lemon + sage marzipan one. Very tasty. If you can afford (to import it or buy it locally), do it. Looks like this: https://www.zotter.at/online-shop/marken/handgeschoepft/amalfizitrone-salbeimarzipan
            Lindt: 100% + Cacao fruit
            Ritter: Sport Cacao y nada (I think only limited :/) or El Cacao 40% -> Optionally: Something like Die Kräftige 74% but I am not very fond others. Same with Lindt.
            Some stuff I got on vacation but could probably find somewhere: Cluizel Paris: La Laguna 47% or Guatamala 70%
            Miscellaneous: Fenkart Venezuela 75%, Cachet Raspberry 57%, Dolfin Ginger & Lemon

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      912·
      1 个月前

      It’s pretty average I find? Like it’s just cheap shit they sell at the supermarket.

      • Zeshade@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 个月前

        The plain milk chocolate ones are meh but the other ones with nuts or salted caramel are quite nice.

      • TommySoda@lemmy.world
        51·
        1 个月前

        It’s better than Hershey’s. Hershey’s is what I consider average and that shit is hot garbage.

        • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
          52·
          1 个月前

          I don’t think we sell Hershey’s in my country, but yeah most American chocolate isn’t really thought of as real chocolate here. So I could see Tony’s being good in comparison.

  • Gladaed@feddit.org
    227·
    1 个月前

    The irregular pieces make it much easier to eat. You make a conscious decision how much you break off, instead of just getting another 4 squares.

  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    172·
    1 个月前

    First not sure why everyone is so sure this is an ad and not just OP likes this and the message.

    I’ve contemplated posting about this chocolate, I guess we can’t call out companies we like and we just all shit on everything all the time.

    Second, my friend called me out for paying £3.50 for a bar of this whenever we have a chocolate and film night when Cadbury is like £1.50. When I said it’s more ethically sourced he said I don’t care about that. 😞

        • arefx@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 个月前

          Yeah but there is a very distinct difference. Cadbury tastes like fake chocolate that’s 90% sugar, Tony’s still tastes like real chocolate even if you think it’s shitty. Eat them back to back there’s a noticeable difference in chocolate. I eat European chocolate all the time and Tony’s is about as good just has a different flavor profile to it.

        • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
          21·
          1 个月前

          I like Cadburys and I like Tony’s but like a £1.50 Cadbury bar is about the same footprint as a Tony’s bar and about half as thick.