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Default Cocoa Has More Phenolic Phytochemicals and a Higher Antioxidant Capacity than Teas and Red Wine

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> > > Is there any way to ensure that your cocoa was not produced on the backs

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> > > child slaves in west africa (i.e., http://tinyurl.com/3ab8x), or has

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> > > issue been rectified? I recall contacting one company this year about

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> > > issue, and they could not give me a definitive answer. Just curious,

> thanks.
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> > Thanks for bringing this up, ta. Cocoa production can be particularly
> > exploitative and injurious to workers.
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> > Look for organic Fair-trade cocoa products. See;
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> http://www.google.ie/search?q=cocoa+...-1&hl=en&meta=
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> Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, thanks Pearl.

A pleasure.


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