Organic chocolate

Organic chocolate is a socially desirable product for some consumers.

[1][2] Major brands, such as The Hershey Company, have begun to produce organic chocolate.

[3] Many, if not most, producers of organic chocolate source their ingredients from certified fair trade cocoa farms and cooperatives.

Major brands of organic chocolate include Britain-based Green & Black's, Hershey-owned Dagoba Chocolate, and Equal Exchange.

The main ingredient in chocolate, cocoa is found close to the equator and the majority is grown in West Africa and South America.