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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by Pencilnoob@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I love it, but I feel obligated to say

"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry!

No, it makes sense. I understand, but it makes a lot more sense

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 7 months ago

It doesn’t make sense for cars to have 4 equal sized wheels when there is so much inequality in the auto industry.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I do like these bars but breaking it into pieces without a mess is difficult. I've had to resort to putting the entire thing in my mouth and waiting for it to melt down my throat.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

You break it while the packaging is intact

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess we'll just have to deal with slavery then

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

If only there was some middle ground between hard to eat chocolate and modern day slavery.

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe they should spend less money on a fancy mold for their chocolate and more on better sourced cocoa beans with less lead in them: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Too bad about all the lead in them. They're not as bad as some brands, though.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

An ounce of their Dark Chocolate has 134% of the California MADL dose of 0.5 micrograms of lead, for those wondering about details.

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

An ounce is about 29 grams in non-freedom units, for those wondering

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I've bought drugs before, I know how many grams in an ounce

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Am I blind or can I not find the claim about 134% on the linked page?
Searched for "Tony" there.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well, I'm here now. What do you want?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org -1 points 7 months ago

The irregular pieces make it much easier to eat. You make a conscious decision how much you break off, instead of just getting another 4 squares.