France is the sixth biggest consumer of chocolate in the world and in recent years there is a tendency to buy "equitable" chocolate. This is from cocoa beans bought from small suppliers, or their co-operatives in countries such as Ivory Coast or Ghana. Often they may also be organic producers, offering consumers the choice of supporting small growers with the added low pollution benefit.
That said equitable chocolate still only represents a tiny proportion of the total, though Lidl claim that 100% of their chocolate products are sourced in this way.
The production of chocolate products is said to employ some 30000 people in France, and there are 7 million growers worldwide.
So if you are tucking into your equitable Easter egg, have a delicious day.
