Chocolate: 111 companies
Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank How grades are decided
Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank
Good first, then On Track, then the two poor grades. Within a grade, stronger evidence, fewer problems and lower-risk countries come first, and stars move Good companies up. How grades are decided
111 brands rated so far in Chocolate & cocoa. Most big supermarket chocolate brands, plus a good share of craft and bean-to-bar makers. Read the Chocolate & cocoa guide for what goes wrong in the industry and what earns each grade. Missing one? Ask us to research it.
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Any grade 11121Ritter SportNo full audit in high-risk countries · Chocolate & cocoaSquare chocolate barsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified22Violet CrumbleNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaChocolate-coated honeycomb barPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified23Whittaker'sNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaChocolate blocksPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified24Hotel ChocolatNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaPremium chocolates and drinking chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified25ValrhonaNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaFrench couverture and gourmet chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified26Bahen & CoNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaStone-ground bean-to-bar chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified27GhirardelliNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaPremium US chocolate squares and bakingPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified28Jasper + MyrtleNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaCanberra bean-to-bar chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified29LindtNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaPremium Swiss chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified30Mörk ChocolateNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaDrinking chocolate and chocolate barsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified31Pierre MarcoliniNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaLuxury Belgian bean-to-bar chocolatierPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified32Russell StoverNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaUS boxed and sugar-free chocolatesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified33ZokokoNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaBean-to-bar chocolate, Western SydneyPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified34FreyNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaSwiss chocolate bars and pralinesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified35Haigh's ChocolatesNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaPremium bean-to-bar chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified36LäderachNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaSwiss premium chocolates and pralinesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified37AeroUnsafe conditions, last recorded in 2012 · Chocolate & cocoaAerated milk chocolate blocks and barsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified38After EightUnsafe conditions, last recorded in 2012 · Chocolate & cocoaMint fondant dark chocolate thinsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified39ALDI own brand chocolate (Choceur, Moser Roth)No living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaSupermarket own-brand chocolatePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified40CachetNo living wage evidence · Chocolate & cocoaBelgian chocolate barsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified
- Good and goes above and beyond (3 to 6 stars)
- Best available: the strongest in a category with no Good brand yet
- Est. = estimated, nothing found about the company itself
- * = self-reported