Mars, the chocolate giant that makes M&Ms and Snickers, uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five years old in Ghana, according to a bombshell report. An unidentified whistleblower ...
Cocoa alternatives have gone mainstream. From Mars and Nestlé to Lindt, Mondelēz and Barry Callebaut, leading confectionery ...
Mars is joining the chocolate giants testing cocoa-free alternatives with a product launch in Germany. The Snickers maker is working with ingredients supplier Planet A Foods, which is supplying its ...
Mars’ cocoa harvest in Ghana includes suppliers making extensive use of child labor, according to CBS News. The outlet reported it found instances of child labor at each of the remote farms supplying ...
GUIGLO, Ivory Coast — Five boys are swinging machetes on a cocoa farm, slowly advancing against a wall of brush. Their expressions are deadpan, almost vacant, and they rarely talk. The only sounds in ...
Chocolates are gifts that keep giving—especially for the families at the helm of Mars and Ferrero Rocher chocolate empires, who are juggernauts in their own right. Cocoa prices have skyrocketed ...
DURHAM, NC. — Chocolate, candy and snacks giant Mars Inc. has partnered with biotechnology firm Pairwise to develop more climate-resilient cocoa crops. Under the collaboration, Mars has licensed ...