DESPATCHES Food
How good does it taste? Is it ethical? Who benefits when you buy it? What's in it? Before selecting your next chocolate treat from the shelves of your local supermarket or favourite deli, keep in mind that there are more than a handful of passionate local chocolatiers in South Africa who produce bean-to-bar, handcrafted goodness with quality ingredients produced locally - creating chocolate that's fairer, kinder, and by all accounts tastier. Here's what you need to know about the South African chocolatiers redefining cocoa.
AFRIKOA
While almost two-thirds of the world's cocoa beans are grown in African soil, most of it is exported to Europe and America, where it's turned into chocolate before returning to our African shores. Afrikoa is growing the art of chocolate-making within Africa, using the rich resources we have and supporting farmers and their local communities. Their chocolate is made from scratch at the
