Tony’s Chocolonely releases latest chocolate snack series

Ethically-founded impact brand Tony’s Chocolonely has released its latest chocolate series in the form of its new Little’ Bits snack range, writes Neill Barston.

The company, which has placed a prime focus on addressing modern slavery and child labour within cocoa supply chains, has continued to raise its profile through extending its global portfolio.

As the business, which was among major speakers at our World Confectionery Conference last year, noted, recent international studies have revealed 1.56 million children work under illegal circumstances on cocoa farms in West Africa. Poverty is the root cause of all illegal labour in cocoa, driven by an unequally divided cocoa chain.

In response, Tony’s added that it has developed its Living Income reference price to help farmers move out of poverty. It has estimated that this equates to around 77–82% on top of what most other big chocolate brands pay for their cocoa.

The company’s Littl’ Bits stirs things up by mixing two ingredient combos in each (plastic-free) pouch. Chewy and crunchy cores are covered in a chunky layer of ethical and Fairtrade chocolate made of 100% traceable beans for a drool-worthy and impactful choco experience. Inspired by some of Tony’s all-time-favourite bar flavours, Choco Fans can try out these Littl’ Bits editions: · triple chocolate mix with milk, white and dark layered balls of chocolate

· milk caramel sea salt & biscuit mix with crunchy butterscotch caramel and biscuits wrapped in milk chocolate

· milk marshmallow & biscuit mix with chewy marshmallows and biscuits wrapped in thick milk chocolate

· A vegan dark orange choco cookie with crunchy, orange-flavoured choco cookies wrapped in chunky dark chocolate.

The new brand will be made available from today in the UK at Sainsbury’s, then 7th August in Tesco and Tesco Express, 14th August in Asda and Coop and from 4th September in Waitrose, on Ocado and tonyschocolonely.com