Dagoba Organic Chocolate

Reenita M.
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Dagoba - Sustainable Chocolate

Many chocolate lovers and greenies were really shaken by the acquisition of Dagoba by Hershey's Artisanal Confections Company branch about 18 months ago. This move was positioned as a way for Hershey's to tap into the values and principles represented by Dagoba Chocolate, which is being permitted to continue operations just as they did before the purchase.

Dagoba Chocolate is committed to fair trade and ethical trading, practicing Full Circle Sustainability™ principles that blend quality, ecology, equity and community into each step from the rainforest to consumers. Dagoba often goes a step beyond Fair Trade certification to connect with suppliers in person, choosing those who support sustainable farming: maintaining and restoring biodiversity, healthy soil, clean water and the environment.

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Jenn A.
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Choosing Dagoba is a vote for sustainability and a message to Hershey's

Frederick Schilling is a passionate chocolatier -- I had an e-mail exchange with him shortly after the sale to Hershey's, and he told me that he was fully convinced that Hershey's is doing the right thing. Both Dagoba and Hershey's are part of the World Cocoa Foundation (http://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/). Dagoba focuses on organic, sustainable cacao production and he's hoping to influence and direct Hershey's policies.

Yes - there are many problems with cacao production in West Africa. Hershey's has been pretty vocal about their commitment to resolving those issues and supporting West African communities and families.

Hershey's is huge -- and they are making changes, check out this 2007 article http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=34714

Dagoba is continuing to operate as prior to the acquisition -- and supporting Dagoba sends a clear signal to Hershey's that consumers want organic, ethically and sustainably produced chocolate.

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Jer V.
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Dagoba chocolate owned by hershey corporation

dagoba chocolate was bought-out and is owned by the hershey corporation. even though the chocolate for dagoba may be fair-trade in buying it you support a company that has very un-sustainable practices including sourcing chocolate from child-slave labor in the ivory coast...here's an excerpt from an Organic Consumer Association article:

Hershey's and M&M/Mars control two-thirds of the U.S. chocolate market, which generated $13 billion from retail sales of 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001. Both companies, along with other major producers like Nestlé, Archer Daniels Midland, Cadbury, Guittard and Bernard Callebaut, import cocoa beans from the Ivory Coast, which, as the largest cocoa producer in the world, provides almost half the cocoa beans that end up in America. Most of the cocoa from the Ivory Coast comes from 450,000 small farms of 12 acres or less. In September 2000, a BBC documentary entitled "Slavery: A Global Investigation" featured a segment on boys enslaved on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, showing children with heavily scarred backs from beatings with whips and switches. Awareness of the problem became more widespread in June 2001, when a four-part Knight Ridder series on the same topic told the stories of boys in the Ivory Coast, most of them 12 to 16 years old, some as young as 9, who had been sold and then tricked into indentured labor on cocoa farms.

(www.organicconsumers.org/starbucks/021603_fair_trade.cfm) for entire article

a great website that lists many of the corporate parent ownerships of natural foods is:
www.msu.edu/%7Ehowardp/organicindustry.html (the organic industry structure)
it has an excellent chart detailing the web of connections between multi-national corporations and "natural foods."

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Alissa D.
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Great chocolate!

awesome dark chocolate, and you're doing something great for the world by buying it!

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Ron K.
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New world synargy

The blend of chocolate and chili recalls the original method of partaking in cocoa as practiced by the Aztecs. When Cortez entered the palace of Montezuma, he was astounded to see the septuagenarian ruler of the Aztecs playing with his more than 50 young children. Montezuma attributed his ageless virility to an elixir of cocoa and chili. Now Dagoba has reintroduced this mighty combo in a chocolate bar, excellent!

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Leslie B.
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Chocolate Bliss...

Having tasted many different brands out there currently on the market, i have enjoyed eating their chocolates for one simple reason: THEY ARE FANTASTIC!

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Rik S.
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Mouth watering dark chocolate with a conscience

growing up with a sweet tooth as every tooth in my mouth, i reached a limit where I can no longer tolerate such high amounts of sugar. My friend re-introduced me to chocolate, dark chocolate and it has opened a new love affair. Not just with any brand. Dagoba uses organic grown, cacao plants grown and utilized with care and conscientiousness. I recommend this brand to anyone I know, regardless of whether or not they eat chocolate themselves.

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Andrew S.
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Good but lots of competition

With all the new organic chocolates on the market, Dagoba now has lots of competition, and will have to improve its product in order to continue to be a leader in providing tasty, organic chocolates. Many new companies are getting smart to the health benefits of chocolate, and not just to its taste. This particular bar could profit from a savvier approach to the health benefits of chocolate, as well thinking through the various ways taste plays into its marketing.

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Jill G.
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Sell-out?

Dagoba, long-time fair-trade chocolatier was recently bought out by Hershey's... but we're told by representatives that it will not alter its product at all. With such a long line of great tasting, socially guilt-free chocolate bars, let's hope so!

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Justin S.
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The World's Best Chocolate

This chocolate company is truly outstanding. As an incredible chocoholic, I have tasted and tried numerous dark organic chocolates and the Dagoba line is absolutely the stand out line. Flavor combinations are creative and exquisite and I highly recommend their products to anyone!

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Cynthia P.
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Great chocolate!

This chocolate is the best-tasting, highest quality I've found. It's also grown sustainably and is fair traded. A great product!

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Trisha V.
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Really good chocolate.

i love the quality of the variety of the product.

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Mark B.
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The best choclate around

I just love dogoba it fills all of my chocolate needs.

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Kristin H.
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Guiltless Candy

I love Dagoba Chocolate. I know I am getting a high quality product that is delicious. I highly recommend sampling some of this amazing chocolate.

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Austin W.
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Yum

The chocolate is rich and full of goodness. I eat three a day. The people are fun too.

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Martin K.
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Good chocolate

dagoba offers good chocolate bars with a variety of flavors. I especially like the one with chilies in it-- think it is called xocolatl. very good, not too hot-- the spice hits me after the chocolate has gone down. try one!

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Michele R.
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Chocolate!

This is the best dark chocolate ever, smooth and creamy, and it is even organic with non-GMO lecithin! It is the perfect treat!

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Susab F.
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Pure chocolate experience

taste to know the flavor of chocolate as it should be

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Margery M.
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A Chocolate lover's delight

For lovers of chocolate, Dagoba chocolate is supreme. The pure flavor of the chocolate without too much sweetness gives you happiness! For nine-year old Eamon, Dagoba is his first choice. Eamon says it has "lots of texture and makes him feel happy." For his Mom it's sublime pleasure -it's the ultimate chocolate fix. Both Mom and Eamon like to support fair trade products and in particular fair-trade chocolate.

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Michelle L.
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Delicious dark chocolate

amazing stuff - organic, sweet, and bitter.