Alter Eco is a brand of organic chocolate, where the cocoa is from family-owned co-operatives, to ensure the farmers get a fair deal and pay. We just list the vegan versions. The main bar of ‘black gold’ is from Ecuador, known for its floral finesse and deep woody overtones.
Keep chocolate away from pets, and use a letterbox guard, for online deliveries.
The orange dark chocolate is the vegan organic alternative to a Terry’s chocolate orange. It features candied orange peel, for a bittersweet delight.
Terry’s chocolate orange may seen nostalgic. But of course it’s made by a big multi-national company, and packed with factory-farmed dairy ingredients, palm oil, refined sugar and covered in plastic.
There is even a petition on 38 Degrees, asking the company to ditch a lot of the unnecessary packaging, as we already have issues with plastic waste. The founder says that the foil and cardboard are more than enough to keep the chocolate secure, everything else is just planet-wrecking marketing.
