Beginning in France and Belgium, Cote d'Or premium dark chocolate will now contain cocoa from farms that meet the sustainability standard of the Rainforest Alliance Certified program.
Over the coming months, the certified Cote d'Or range will be rolled out to consumers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States.
It will also be made available in Sweden, Denmark and Finland under the Marabou brand; and using the Suchard brand in Austria and Switzerland. The brands represent the first mainstream European chocolate to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal. By the end of 2012, the company has committed to use only cocoa beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms across its entire Cote d'Or and Marabou ranges, equal to some 30,000 tons of beans.
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