Chocolate prices rose. Ethical labels multiplied. Yet cocoa-growing families can remain at the most fragile end of a global supply chain.
This evidence-based investigation follows cocoa from farms in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire through traders, processors, manufacturers and supermarkets. It examines price shocks, child-labour risks, certification limits and the EU rules that will require cocoa to be linked to deforestation-free land from the end of 2026.
Sources:
FAO: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/a-new-fao-report-examines-how-shocks-affect-global-coffee--cocoa-and-tea-markets-and-outlines-policy-options-to-address-structural-vulnerabilities/en
ILO: https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/climate-smart-cocoa-project-funded-government-japan-helps-tackle-child
European Commission: https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu/nature-and-biodiversity/deforestation-regulation-implementation_en
ABC Four Corners: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/duped-food-exposed-part-2/106978156
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The secret price
00:22 Across Timme
00:48 The bar and the bean
02:25 Why cocoa prices exploded
04:04 The child behind the label
05:54 What an ethical label proves
07:33 The new map inside chocolate
08:55 Who really pays?
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