CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly as big as themselves to harvest the cocoa beans that end up in some of America's most-loved chocolates like M&Ms and Snickers. Debora Patta reports.
  • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s others sources of sugar that are much less problematic though, like beet and others. There’s not much alternative to cocoa.

    • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah except that the sugar lobby does a lot to artificially keep sugar prices down. The sugar lobby also fights tooth and nail to make sure that sugar sin taxes don’t get passed or if they do, they target all sweeteners.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I mean, artificial sweeteners aren’t so grand either, when factoring in gut biome and odd digestion issues as well. Though I really doubt (read: wouldn’t believe) that is why the sugar lobby tries to include them…