While the chocolate industry is undeniably sweet, there are a slew of issues regarding inhumane and unsustainable practices. Bantu Chocolate is a brand working towards creating a higher quality craft chocolate and paying its collaborators a living wage. And if that weren’t enough, the brand’s packaging is beautiful. Featuring gold detailing, funky typography, and earthy color palletes, the packaging system is natural yet refined, precisely what this empowering chocolate brand should effuse.
A discerning chocoholic may buy chocolate based on the country of manufacture, from what at first appears to be legitimate sources. Countries like Belgium, Switzerland, France tend to get the credit – but the source for most of the world’s chocolate is West Africa. Together, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon generates about 70% of the cocoa traded on the world market.
