Ranar Chocolate ta Duniya - wadda aka yi bikin ranar 7 ga Yuli - ta ba da ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi so a duniya kuma alama ce ta gabatar da cakulan zuwa Turai a 1550. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, 'yan asalin Mexico da sassan tsakiya da kudancin Amirka ne kawai aka sani.

Kamar yadda muke son cakulan, yana da kyau mu tuna cewa sau da yawa yana dauke da abubuwa masu matsala, irin su dabino, wanda yana daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke taimakawa wajen saran gandun daji, da kuma koko, wanda masana'antu ne mai cike da bautar zamani (a cikin 2015, bincike ya gano). cewa fiye da yara miliyan 2.26 ne ke aiki a gonakin koko a Ghana da Cote d'Ivoire) kuma galibi yana zuwa ne a cikin leda na robobi da ba za a sake yin amfani da su ba da kuma foil.

Labari mai dadi shine yawancin nau'ikan suna canza yadda muke tunani game da siyan cakulan da kuma kawo al'amurran da suka shafi shi, irin su aikin bawa, a kan gaba na tattaunawa.

Tony's Chocolonely shine alamar da ke jagorantar misali.Ta fito fili tana ba da cikakkun bayanai game da sarkar samar da kayayyaki kuma tana biyan manoma albashin rayuwa wanda ya dace da girman gonakinsu da iyalansu - wannan ya haɗu da “Premium Tony” da farashin Fairtrade.Har ila yau, yana kan aikin sanya masana'antar cakulan 'yantar da bayi dari bisa dari.

A ɗayan ƙarshen bakan shine ƙungiyar Nestlé.Daga Oktoba, KitKats a Burtaniya da Ireland ba za su sake zama Fairtrade ba, tunda mai sayar da kayan abinci ya rabu daga gidauniyar Fairtrade, wacce ke ba da tabbacin samfura da kayan aikin da suka dace da ka'idoji kuma suna biyan manoma daidai, don goyon bayan shirinta na dorewar koko, Shirin Cocoa Plan. , wanda ƙungiyar Rainforest Alliance ta tabbatar.

Wannan yana da lahani musamman ga yawancin manoman koko da sukari a duk duniya waɗanda suka dogara da mafi ƙarancin farashi na Fairtrade azaman hanyar aminci don tallafawa waɗanda ke ƙasan sarkar samarwa.An yi hasashen cewa 27,000 daga cikin wadannan masu karamin karfi ba za su yi hasarar wani kari na shekara-shekara na £1.6m ba.

A kan sharuɗɗan Fairtrade, manoman koko suna samun ƙaramin farashi kusan £1,900 kan kowace ton don waken koko da ake sayarwa.A karkashin sabon shirin Nestlé na Cocoa, manoma za su sami kimar kima ta fam 47.80 kacal a kowace ton, farashin da Ƙungiyar Rainforest Alliance ta gindaya.

Nestlé ba ita ce kawai alamar da za ta ƙaura daga Fairtrade ba, Mondelez ta watsar da tambarin Fairtrade daga mashaya Milk na Cadbury a cikin 2016 lokacin da ta zaɓi tsarin rayuwarta na Cocoa Life, kuma Green da Blacks sun ƙaddamar da bugu na ba Fairtrade a cikin 2017.

Kafin ku kauracewa cakulan gaba ɗaya, har yanzu kuna iya jin daɗin wannan abincin mai daɗi.Duk da haka yana da kyau a yi la'akari da madadin waɗannan manyan kamfanoni.Ƙimar ƙanana, kamfanoni masu zaman kansu yanzu suna tafiya fiye da Fairtrade;aiki don canza tsarin daga ciki.Duk da yake kuna iya biyan kuɗi mai ƙima, cakulan bayan duk kayan alatu ne wanda yakamata mu biya farashi mafi kyau.

Ko madara ne, duhu ko fari, ga tafi-da-gidanka don jagora don taimaka muku zaɓar duk abubuwan choco a yau da kullun.Happy Duniya Chocolate Day!

Kuna iya amincewa da zagaye na mu masu zaman kansu.Wataƙila mu sami kwamiti daga wasu dillalai, amma ba mu taɓa barin wannan ya yi tasiri ga zaɓin ba.Wannan kudaden shiga yana taimaka mana mu ba da kuɗin aikin jarida a duk faɗin The Independent.

Chocolonely na Tony's Chocolonely na vegan cakulan wasu daga cikin mafi kyau, ba kalla ba saboda dandano, amma har da ɗa'a.Raison d'être na alamar shine ya sa masana'antar cakulan kyauta kashi 100 cikin 100 na bayi.Yana aiki kai tsaye tare da manoma kuma yana saka hannun jari a ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar noma, haka kuma yana biyan ƙarin kuɗi akan farashin Fairtrade - tare da sama da kashi tara cikin ɗari na farashin samfurin yana komawa ga manoman koko.Don wakiltar rashin daidaituwa a cikin masana'antar cakulan, sandunan Tony sun kasu kashi-kashi marasa daidaituwa.Abubuwan dandanon da ake bayarwa daidai suke da girma, kama daga madara cakulan zuwa duhu da madara cakulan pretzel.

An yaba sosai a cikin IndyBest bita na mafi kyawun kwalayen biyan kuɗin cakulan, Cocoa Runners akwati ne na kowane wata don masoya cakulan.Zabi don karɓar cakulan cakulan kawai, cakulan madara kawai, cakuda duhu da madara, ko kashi 100 kawai koko kawai.Kowane akwati ya ƙunshi manyan sanduna guda huɗu masu girma dabam, kuma ana ƙarfafa ku don gwada su gefe da gefe don kwatanta dandano, kamar yadda kuke yi yayin ɗanɗano giya.Wannan babbar hanya ce don ganowa a ƙarƙashin radar, cakulan mai inganci daga ko'ina cikin duniya.

Kamar yadda Cocoa Runners ke samo cakulan sa daga kewayon masu yin cakulan masu fasaha, ya ɗan bambanta da wasu a cikin wannan zagayen.Yayin da wasu cakulan ke da bokan Fairtrade, yawancin sandunan da aka nuna sun wuce Fairtrade.Masu sana'a da yawa masu sana'a suna samo waken koko kai tsaye daga manoma da ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar manoma, suna yanke tsaka-tsaki tare da tabbatar da cewa an biya waken a farashi mai girma (fiye da ƙimar Fairtrade).

Tun watan Fabrairu, Montezuma ya yi amfani da marufi masu dacewa da yanayi - gami da tawada da za'a iya sake yin amfani da su, adhesives, lambobi, da tef.Kayayyakin cakulan da aka fi siyar da alamar yanzu suna zuwa cikin takarda da kati 100 cikin 100, suna kawar da robobin da ba za a iya sake yin amfani da su ba wajen nade kayan zaki.

Alamar ta Social Association Organic bokan ce, kuma yayin da ba a tabbatar da ita ta Fairtrade ba, Montezuma's ta sadaukar da ita don dorewar noman koko da ilimin manoma da saka hannun jari a cikin al'ummomin yankin.Aikin Ƙarfafa Abinci – Ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ta sadaukar da ita don ƙirƙirar duniya mafi adalci da ɗorewa ta hanyar fahimtar ikon zaɓin abincin mutum - yana ba da shawarar wannan alamar a cikin dadi tun da yake a fili game da ƙasar da ta samo daga wake na cacao;ba a samun wake daga wuraren da ake fama da bautar yara da bauta;kuma alamar ta wuce sama don tallafawa ma'aikata da iyalansu.

Gabaɗayan kewayon - daga madarar cakulan almond da sandunan butterscotch zuwa ga manyan maɓallan cakulan madarar madara da sandunan vegan - yana da daɗi da gaske.

An san shi da kewayon da ba shi da alkama, marasa kiwo, da kayan abinci masu cin ganyayyaki, Livia's yana ba da ɗimbin abinci mai daɗi ga masu cin ganyayyaki da marasa cin ganyayyaki iri ɗaya.Alamar tana kuma samar da ingantattun matakai masu ɗorewa - ba a amfani da man dabino a kowane ɗayan samfuransa, kuma yana kan manufar rage robobi daga marufinsa.Kamar yadda yake tsaye, kwanan nan ya canza robobin daga yin amfani da tiretocin robobi zuwa tiresin da ba a sake yin amfani da su ba a daya daga cikin kayayyakinsa, inda ya yanke amfani da robobin da yake amfani da shi a duk shekara da tan uku.Godiya ga babban dandano na waɗannan cakulan brownie nugglets, za a gafarta muku don tunanin ba tushen shuka ba ne.Idan baku da tabbacin kuna son siyan akwati duka na tara, zaku iya siyan fakiti ɗaya a Holland & Barrett akan 99p.

Idan kuna neman aikin ranar damina a gare ku, ko kuma haƙiƙa yaranku, wannan kit ɗin yin truffle shine tikitin kawai.Ya zo tare da duk abin da kuke buƙatar yin truffles 30, gami da jagorar mataki-mataki da jakar kyauta da kintinkiri idan kun zaɓi yin kyauta da shi.Cocoa Loco kuma an ba da takardar shedar Fairtrade da Soil Association, da kuma samun samfuran samfuran da ba su da filastik, don haka yana yin ɗansa don muhalli.

Chocolate na Allahntaka ya kasance yana jan hankalin manoma fiye da shekaru 20.Abin da ya bambanta shi da sauran, mallakin wani kamfani ne na Biritaniya da Kuapa Kokoo – wata kungiyar hadin gwiwa ta Ghana wadda ta kunshi manoma 85,000.Manoma suna samun oda mai ƙarfi, kuma alamar ta haifar da sarkar samar da kayayyaki wanda ke raba ƙima cikin daidaito.Yayin da yake da shedar Fairtrade, yana tafiya sama da sama ta hanyar shirye-shiryen sa - ciki har da, ƙarfafa mata ta hanyar ƙarfafawa da ambato.

Chocolatier ba ya amfani da man dabino a cikin kowane samfuransa kuma yana da Certified B-Corporation - ma'ana ya dace da mafi girman matsayin aikin zamantakewa da muhalli, fayyace jama'a, da lissafin doka don daidaita riba da manufa.

Kayayyakin cakulan sa suna da kyau sosai, ma.Daga cikin duhun cakulan mint thins (Cakulan Allahntaka, £ 4.50) zuwa cakulan duhu mai santsi tare da ruwan hoda gishiri Himalayan (Cakulan Allah, £ 2.39) raba sanduna.

Don wani abu mara kyau, dole ne ya zama wannan injin cakulan zafi na otal Chocolat.An yi shi da gwangwani cakulan na gaske a cikin mintuna biyu da rabi kawai, ba za ku ƙara bautar da murhu mai zafi ba, ko ku sha cakulan zafi mai matsakaici.An haɗa shi da 10 zafi cakulan guda hidima a cikin gaurayawan dandano, kofuna na yumbu biyu masu daraja £15, da garantin shekara ɗaya.

Hotel Chocolat da rashin alheri bai cancanci samun takardar shedar Fairtrade ba saboda mallakar kamfani ne maimakon zama ɗan ƙaramin jari.Don haka, ta samar da wani shiri na "da'a" don tabbatar da cewa ana kula da manomanta - ciki har da, albashi mai kyau wanda ya fi farashin Fairtrade na yanzu, da ciyarwa, tufafi da ilmantar da manoma da iyalansu.

Bita na samfuran IndyBest ba son zuciya bane, shawara mai zaman kanta da zaku iya amincewa da ita.A wasu lokatai, muna samun kudaden shiga idan kun danna hanyoyin haɗin yanar gizo kuma ku sayi samfuran, amma ba mu taɓa barin wannan ya ɓata ɗaukar hoto ba.An haɗa sharhin ta hanyar haɗakar ra'ayi na ƙwararru da gwaji na zahiri.

Kuna son yin alamar abubuwan da kuka fi so da labarai don karantawa ko tunani daga baya?Fara biyan kuɗin ku mai zaman kansa a yau.

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