Nestle to switch all Australian Kit Kats to UTZ Cocoa

Continuing their commitment to Fair Trade and sustainable cocoa production methods Nestle have announced that as of next year all Kit Kats sold in Australia will be made using UTZ-certified cocoa.

The internationally recognized set of criteria for ethical and professional cocoa growing, UTZ cocoa, which includes socially and environmentally appropriate growing practices and efficient farm management, is already used in the four-finger Kit Kat version in Australia, but Nestle has now pledged to switch all of the brand’s portfolio of products to the certified cocoa next year.

Andrew McIver, business executive manager for confectionery within Nestle Australia explained that the decision was part of Nestle’s overall broader “Cocoa Plan”, launched last year, a global programme aims amongst other things to increase production yields and improving the social conditions around the farming of cocoa.

'The cocoa sector faces challenges like poor soil fertility management, ageing tree stocks, improper use of chemicals, low farmer income and poor labour practices. At the same time consumers are increasingly aware of these challenges and demand products that are grown in a sustainable way,' McIver said.

'We believe certification is a critical component to our overall approach. It provides the framework to reward farmers and their organisations for producing cocoa in a sustainable manner, and certification also gives our consumers added assurance that the cocoa was produced under proper conditions'.

Now that's something we can all get our teeth into.

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Every woman's dream?

Fashion and chocolate, two of women's favourite indulgences perfectly merged in an incredible show of style and taste by Salon du Chocolat at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, France.

A couple of the main highlights of this show, the theme of which was Fair Trade, were an over-sized, magnificent hoop skirt of chocolate that was designed by Patrice Chapon and modeled by Irene Salvador and a chocolate fashion experiment in which model Nubia Esteban played a bird in a chocolate cage, complete with chocolate wings, a chocolate bustier and short skirt that was designed by Bailey's and Carole Dichampt (see picture).

In commissioning these pieces Salon du Chocolat aimed to showcase that ethically obtained and environmentally friendly, sustainable and delicious chocolate is a reality that can be enjoyed by everyone. With such stunning examples, Salon du Chocolat surely made its point.

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Chocolate as a Teaching Tool

A great story from Jackson.com.

Their article a clever use of chocolate describes how one ingenious elementary teacher uses Hershey's chocolate bars to illustrate fractions.

Apparently Michelle Lester has been teaching 'chocolate fractions' to her students for a few years now and claims that the students grasp the concept of fractions more easily with this idea.

'During chocolate fractions, Lester reads problems aloud from a book provided by the Hershey Corporation. Students then have to figure out the fractions remaining by removing the individual pieces of the Hershey bar."

If only my teacher had been so inventive!

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