Cocoa Prices Reached All-Time Highs. What Does This Mean For Our Chocolate? | Big Business

[@kaishmuper]

"we make enough chocolate in four days to equal the weight of the statue of liberty" americans will measure with anything but the metric system

[@jermainec2462]

You will be ok ...

[@jermainec2462]

@@anomonyous and of course you didn't understand none of the sarcasm in this statement ... So carry on ...

[@BH-yk5cn]

the Metric system is what holds the rest of the world back. You need proof I made it the F up.

[@novelnouvel]

good grief, if they also measure the people that enter the statue, the weight will be double.

[@ziaurrehman4430]

I started the video and just after i heard this sentence i was like okkkkkkay lets check the comments ! lol

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

My heart breaks for farmers like Janet. How horrible for her to wake up one morning to find her farm invaded… for gold. Chocolate is gold too!

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

Not when it leaves the country raw. Then its stolen gold. Janet should be richer than you. But your military killed her president when they tried.

[@raphg6319]

your ass is a goldmine too

[@RoyalTeaLegion]

You gonna do something about it? Feeling sorry for someone else it's one thing. Vs doing something about it.

[@RoyalTeaLegion]

Your sympathy it's as empty as my wallet. Go change the system if you're really felt awful about it. 😇

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

@@RoyalTeaLegion I have higher ideology than you./ Thats why you're emotional, I caught you Human-gazing, So Yeah I moved to Honduras and now I send all my money there while sucking money from Canada. I also work very hard in Honduras and Yemen to develop secondary processing of primary resources. My goal is to force The West to learn how to feed itself. I would like for you and your people to be self sufficient once day. One day you'll stop being settlers. One day your passports will innocent.

[@Sjalabais]

Huge cocoa crisis. America: Look at this 13.6 pound chocolate turkey.

[@shalahuddinumar3386]

True, and half of it most likely will go to waste.

[@vincentgoupil180]

Chocolate Turkey with added L-tryptophan, buzzed but still able get some sleep.

[@roroflowazoro]

Not if I had it​@@shalahuddinumar3386

[@purpleldv966]

Could be worse... Could be a 300 lb chocolate Trump! And I'm sorry for ruining chocolate for you!

[@benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

@@shalahuddinumar3386 most of it is milk, water, and sugar .

[@purpleldv966]

The thing that annoys me the most, are low quality chocolate products, that many times end up not consumed but thrown away... It's good cocoa wasted, when it could have been used in a better product and consumed entirely!

[@Phoca_Vitulina]

exactly! it's such a shame :(

[@RayBarK1]

It could have been treated with neem oil, these people are uneducated and the rich suffer. Good

[@KittyQatah]

It's capitalism, overproduction of the most lucrative products, which means products becoming worse and worse in quality. And getting people used to it being worse and worse. And then ending up destroying the planet and creating exploitation across the world. The problem is that this is technically false luxury of over abundance that first world Nations live in is not sustainable. Not to say that there shouldn't be the ability to have the things that people need and want and luxury. It's just that all that waste should not exist and needs to be stopped. We need to change capitalism, we need to change the profit incentive. If we don't, I think people don't know how bad it's going to get. If it's not the planet getting destroyed first in our era, It's probably going to get to be the quality of life getting worse and worse with abundance shit stuff, and third world countries getting worse and worse economical situations causing more immigration causing more crisis.

[@ranjeetsohanpal752]

Yes, those chocolates with 1% cocoa and 30% sugar are just a waste

[@wioi]

Like the comment before mine already stated is absolutely correct. These cheap products only have very little real chocolate inside of them

[@nutube6291]

What I have noticed is that the chocolate bars are getting sweeter day-by-day. This could be due to more sugar and less cocoa. Also, for the same price the bar size/weight has decreased. I prefer spending more on the chocolate than eating more sugar or chocolate analogs. The issue of cocoa shortage is just going to get worse, btw. Brace for the impact.

[@turkin73k]

Sweeter for the Sugar Tax so the government to charge more.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

@@turkin73k It was already hit by sugar taxes. Adding more sugar doesn't change that.

[@HemanthGorijala1]

😅🎉😂😊😊😮😢😊54🎉​@Patrick-y4d1z 😢5

[@goliytors]

hm I think there are already companies that make quality chocolate, if you live in the US, I don't see how you can complain, you have plenty of variety there

[@nutube6291]

@@goliytors I think you live in the US and also missing the point

[@michaelcrawley9580]

You can literally taste that all the chocolate just tastes like palm oil now. Crap . Sad

[@realstatistician]

I thought it was just wax. But I agree, the cheap chocolates have a lot more fillers than they used to, like soy lecithin.

[@More_Row]

Tastes like shit nowadays

[@coomercommander2554]

only in the US, but american chocolate was always super bad, you can't eat american "chocolate" after you eat some european chocolate.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@realstatisticianyeah, the low price chocolate seems to taste different than it did 20+ years ago. I don’t eat much chocolate today (trying to eat healthy) but when I do, it’s a more premium chocolate because the lower price chocolate is just off

[@Yaya-Nakiami]

true, toblerone is the only decent choco bar left

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- This is disgusting that every video I watch on this channel shows farmers struggling, yet *nobody* is trying to help them !. These people *shouldn't ever struggle,* they should be rolling in doe.

[@oiwithyou]

Money is worthless if your trees are dying.

[@lmaolaurent5728]

Its always like this. 1st world countries basically abuse 3rd worlds. These farmers get paid almost nothing compared to corporate profits from that product.

[@rositavalentine4531]

This is sad. People's greed will get them nowhere. When there's no more gold to mine and they look back at the land they've destroyed-a land that was once rich, they will realise it was not worth it

[@RealShaktimaan]

No they'll realize it was worth it and move somewhere else

[@rositavalentine4531]

Money, gold, silver, or whatever precious material will have no weight if there's nothing to spend it on. When there's no longer resources on earth because we overmined or polluted it, we will look on at a wasteland and yearn for what once was.

[@SoberBangBangVeteran]

@@rositavalentine4531 water and food

[@Sons_Of_Liberty_1739]

Haves have and those that dont survive

[@nixielee]

I assure you they will not, the wheel just keeps turning

[@TohruMarie]

The way that man lit up talking about his job and the candy, that was pure joy or snow idk lol I adore these videos. Its like an alarm for my brain, lets learn something today!!! This was a really good one.

[@SurvivingAI101]

thought he was on coke

[@dianapennepacker6854]

Candy makers are always happy people I swear hah. Never seen one that was like this job sucks. Maybe talk about long hours, and that is it.

[@speedybonsky]

I'VE NEVER BEEN INERESTED I ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND POLITICS BEFORE THIS 😭

[@albinoorca]

Coffee, and palm oil are two big issues as well. It's appalling.

[@kshitijnigam6849]

nobody is ever interested in anything until it affects them

[@processarea91]

Such a well-made video! It breaks down complex issues like cocoa pricing in such an engaging way - definitely learned a lot!

[@hilal_younus]

No, the video became an advertisement halfway through

[@assarlannerborn9342]

@@hilal_younus i am certainly hungry for some choclate right now but not much the video can do about that.

[@GuruPrashanth7970]

A Virus ruined the last 5 years of our life, and now some other virus has ruined chocolates for us too 😔

[@Alelifechannel]

The corporations should protect their interest by protecting the farmers… but they won’t

[@realstatistician]

The government should be protecting its citizens and their livelihoods.

[@Kamamura2]

That's what government should be for.

[@MichealVt]

@@Kamamura2 Africa never had an effective government, you can't help them.

[@Kamamura2]

@@MichealVt Yeah, stupid opinions always come with solid historical ignorance. Once again, blame the education system, and West-centric curriculum. Africa had kingdoms and empires you probably never heard of, long before the Europeans came to ravage and exploit the continent.

[@MichealVt]

@@Kamamura2 Uhm they sold their own as slaves in exchange for European weapons and goods.

[@pierrex3226]

Most of these products are going through shrinkflation rather / more than changing recipes. Time to eat praliné. Italy because of Napoleon created praliné (Nutella, essentially) as a way to use less chocolate because France controlled the supply. Italy has Piedmont, and make the best hazelnuts. So, praliné time! Because I just noticed the chocolate I buy at Lidl has almost doubled in a matter of weeks.

[@DarkWifey]

Mouth is literally watering watching this.🤤

[@Croz89]

I was reading an article about how India is a potential location for new cocoa plantations, quite a lot of the more humid parts of the country have conditions suitable for growing it but it only makes up a tiny percentage of the world market. Hopefully spreading cultivation out to more parts of the world will reduce the risk if there's problems in one part. It's also clear production will have to increase to keep up with global demand.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

Shame on Cocobod for not sharing the profits to their own farmers! MNCs can raise prices and recover their costs but not farmers. Shame on the Ghana government.

[@abbynarishkin9025]

Hey there, I’m the producer on this video! That’s an interesting point you bring up. Cocobod did raise the price for farmers in Ghana twice this year. Now farmers make $3000 per MT. For more context, Cocobod wouldn’t want to automatically raise prices to say $10k a MT if the price goes up globally. Because it knows the price of cocoa globally is going to come down (it already has), and cocobod cannot decrease the price it pays farmers once they’ve increased it.

[@philodygmn]

⁠@@abbynarishkin9025 What a tragic situation. It sounds like some formula to equitably maintain their proportion of economic benefit to Ghana’s economy would be a much better solution than a static amount. But of course that introduces bureaucracy and opportunity for corruption in determining what meets the formula’s goals and qualifies as equitable.

[@ClearGlassStudios281]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@calmbeast1329]

Damn u r beautiful ​@@abbynarishkin9025

[@nickns732]

Research what happens when they go through boom and bust cycles with the price. Inflation runs wild when half the countries paycheck instantly doubles. Where does that leave the other half of the population? Wishing they were coco farmers. Then once everyone is a coco farmer and the price bottoms out, the whole country is broke. It’s about stability and not tying your entire country to a single resource.

[@Dzeividz]

That poor lady, it is disgusting what those miners did to her cocoa trees

[@purr_purr_meow_meow]

Chocolate taste terrible now. Everything in America is dropping in quality dramatically

[@DiggerPrints0814]

The decrease in size or weight, yet still increases the price....

[@Dayvit78]

Maybe because... watch the video

[@kaus_australiis]

Law of supply and demand

[@LowryYT]

Can't shaft the producer, so they shaft the consumer -> anything for the profit margin

[@FizzyGajing]

​@@LowryYT You say that as if cocoa is a human right.

[@purpleey]

​@@FizzyGajing Right, chocolate is a luxury and used to only be afforded by the rich (real premium chocolate, not cheap candy thats infused with oils)

[@ClearGlassStudios281]

Don't worry guys. Prices will go up and you will pay it!! 😊😊

[@purpleey]

People need theit chocolate lol

[@tt2025utube]

​@@purpleeyit's January 29th 2025 and what you're saying is a reflection of what the Republicans are in the United States think we're going to do and pay higher prices.

[@on__off2923]

i love this presenter's voice, it's so soothing and intellectual

[@bjkjoseph]

I wouldn’t call snickers real chocolate. It doesn’t taste anything like chocolate it taste like corn syrup.

[@darkcrow42]

Depends on where you are. True, it's not the most chocolatey of bars, but I've heard that in the US the chocolate tastes a lot different compared to the EU for example.

[@bjkjoseph]

@ if I’m gonna have chocolate, I go to Aldi and get the chocolate from Germany, the companies here changed the law years ago, and it requires them to have very little chocolate in the candy and they can still call it chocolate

[@Spazik86]

OFC, these kind of products have like 5-10% cocoa content at most, it is mostly sugar syrup and palm oil.

[@bjkjoseph]

@ that’s what it taste like

[@Sec_coach]

Because it is

[@SoberBangBangVeteran]

Means kids ain’t knocking at my door for Halloween 😂😂😂

[@novelnouvel]

or they will bang it harder since they dont get any chocolate from previous house

[@aaronwcummings6195]

We had far less kids this year. Oh well, we will have to eat the leftovers ourselves 😅

[@BrandonB]

Decrease production. All these companies just pump out as much as possible everyday. Just to have stuff sit on shelves to look nice.

[@bizling]

Confectionary chocolate is so far removed from the 'real deal' its frightening, but given the volumes involved with confectionary chocolate, it's no surprise the concern is real. But, those that know the 'real deal' (like me), dont care about cocoa prices (not that I am wealthy, because I am not), as I eat little but much higher quality cocoa. I am currently enjoying: Chocolate Makers 40% with Sinterklaas spices (dutch), Zotter Plummy Krampus, Chocolarder Creme Brulee, Heinde & Verre Dutch Speculaas Milk 50%.....all brands not on the high street/in some major retailer, great!

[@denisepost8206]

Loved your coverage of this topic. I found it very interesting.

[@pretendingToBe]

I just wish the higher prices we pay would benefit the hardworking people who are the pillar of cocoa trade.

[@markedis5902]

Chocolate bars have been getting smaller for years now

[@Railfan513]

First 🥇 great video

[@KHobbies_cina]

I use chocolate in desserts ,and prices increased in a 2 month span , almost double

[@gubgub3275]

That dude is hardcore for not selling to foreign countries. Big praise to him. What a legend

[@mhjunky4278]

Or not for being too nationalistic

[@gubgub3275]

@mhjunky4278 nationalism isn't always a negative thing

[@eduardoizquierdo309]

How is that a good thing, proteccionism makes things worse for everyone

[@gubgub3275]

@@eduardoizquierdo309 No, no it doesn't. Listen to the video or go read a book about economics.

[@v.tantov.14v]

he is right,,, if you just sell raw materials ( coco bean) you just get low income,,, if you sell finish products you get high income,,, let Europe n America buy finished product from this country,,, big company from Europe n America take more profit than the farmers,,,

[@dr.process99]

Amazing process!!!! I love this video.

[@gartengeflugel924]

I really appreciate the factual tone and moderation of your videos. The way primary producers of goods are often being treated is gross and highly outdated. It's fine for sweets to be something for a rare occasion, eaten in moderation, not a commodity that has to fill some dietary need. Of course elevated prices should benefit the farmers down the line, which I guess is pretty illusory thinking. Out of sight and out of mind in regards to the condition of the farmers.

[@FarmGearInnovators]

It's wild to think that chocolate-a treat so many of us take for granted-comes with such a complex backstory! From viruses to illegal mining, it's a bittersweet reality for cocoa farmers.

[@patriciaapril7366]

Do not forget child labour and getting pennies for hard work ...

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

I wish we could stop supporting these big chocolate companies and the ongoing speculation in prices. Small companies trading directly with farmers should be the new normal.

[@maestrulgamer9695]

Nah,smaller companies are actually pricier!They can't scale up production as much.

[@purpleey]

Are you prepared to spend more money then?

[@johnweak6788]

MrBeasts feastables for example?

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

@@maestrulgamer9695 Only because big companies make sure that cacao is in short supply.

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

@@purpleey Yes, obviously. I don’t buy much chocolate anyway, but I always buy the good stuff from local/small companies. Never Nestle/Mondelez/etc

[@MKGamingInvesting]

I want more cocoa, not less. Sugar is dangerous

[@tunisianpunisher2025]

You can try carob 🍫 Chocoalty flavored and naturally sweetened Carob is the best alternative for cocoa

[@brentshuffler1234]

Very educational documentary! Please note, circa minute 7:00 to 8:00, the word Niche is correctly pronounced as neesh (like the ee sound in leash or sheesh) ...NOT nitch.

[@BAghz00]

5:40 Cocobod basically got a free pass to pay farmers less than inflation . Sounds like a few institutions I know.

[@SproutGardenusa]

What an excellent narrator! They turn even complex topics into something easy to understand.

[@abbynarishkin9025]

Thank you!

[@ElphabaThe2nd]

I don’t care about the price of chocolate going up, I want to know what we can do to help people like Janet, who had her entire livelihood and family’s wealth stolen from her!!! 😡😡😡

[@abetterlivedlife]

Ghana's government is short sighted. If they encouraged more chocolate production in the country, it would lead to more workers in manufacturing which would equate to a bigger economy, more taxes, more education, more money. Then maybe they could also come up with other ideas about treating the coco disease.

[@logbia7k608]

It's a real shame we treat people like this.

[@superdream4562]

I love the farmers that produce chocolate 🎉

[@rachelweiss5265]

Chief Halloween Officer is a baller title 😂

[@Khalrua]

Happy Halloween!

[@elmartillo7931]

And yet here in Central America cacao prices are the same as they've always been.......

[@majd_shoots]

The so called "Cocobod" was established in *1947* as it says here 5:36 to "protect the farmers from volatile prices" they said, but Ghana got its independence from Britain in *1957* hmmm......, I can only wonder why it's the *ONLY* authority allowed to sell Coco to those *WESTERN* companies and at *FIXED* prices?! And some people say that colonialism has ended 😒....

[@cartman4885]

Chocolate products have gotten so high the past few years that I no longer give any type of chocolate Halloween candy anymore just hard candy's and when I crave chocolate I buy Wal Mart brand not cheap but cheaper than the big brands

[@wanderingseeker2766]

Today I learned of a new job. Chocolate Scholar.

[@abbynarishkin9025]

Amazing, right?

[@starfan6299]

Let's be honest here... American chocolate can barely be called chocolate to begin with lol

[@Spazik86]

Yea, what they called "chocolate" is like 5-10% cocoa content at most, laughable :D it is more like 80% sugar and vegetable/plam oil stuff.

[@Wasengenyie]

​@@Spazik86wait for artificial cocoa flavor and coloring

[@johnfontana7256]

Note: Cacao , much like coffee and I-phones is produced by ultra cheap labor bordering slavery. Even here on the big island of Hawaii, some confectioners use imported chocolate due to local labor costs!

[@KazixeZone]

Me, sat here in my bed eating a huge bar of chocolate: "Owh Noh! Mmm that's so fkcn good..."

[@DW40_]

Every dentist nightmares

[@vsznry]

I think about this every time I think about buying chocolate. I will use any excess wealth I have in my life to help people like this. And other charities for our Planet.

[@Shadefreeze]

if you like these chocolate moulds, I invite you to check out the chocolate museums in Belgium :P Those are ACTUAL chocolate artworks.

[@anttycoon]

You can also see black slaves with their hands chopped off on display, yup he wasn't fast enough.

[@codybrown9401]

I ate a Hersheys "bar" for the first time in a while and I was shocked how paper thin it was. It was like a sheet of paper.

[@grizzlywizzly]

Shame on the multi-National chocolate industry for treatment of farmers - there are livelihoods based on those products of this crop and no benefits would ever “trickle down” towards those farmers what’s funny is there are tons of articles this year talking about how “kids don’t like chocolate anymore!” And how gummies and sour candies have become #1 preference for kids 😂

[@John_Smith_86]

Their country bans such excess payments to the individual farmers. What do you want the MNCs to do?

[@brandonbielinski5611]

Probably paid for by Big Chocolate lol

[@GSNRecords]

@@John_Smith_86 increase the price their board pays their farmers like they already did, for one. it's a certainty that the board is getting kickbacks from the multinationals and it's why they're paying farmers so little

[@charlethemagne5466]

"trickle down" economics is the biggest conservative lie. We've had numerous studies that show wealth doesn't trickle down, it gets sucked up to the top as quickly as possible and then sits there in a millionaires account, completely useless to the economy since most multimillionaires just hoard profit.

[@EstherCheung-i7j]

No, I don’t like the smaller bars and there is more wasted packaging

[@purpleldv966]

I think smaller bars are preferable to bars with less cocoa...

[@MauroTamm]

"A little precious" is an understatement. 300g bars are nearing 8€. It's almost more expensive than copper.

[@sebareyes7030]

Super interesting

[@Haniboy7911]

Gana needs like Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim he can fix this mess

[@patricksalish]

I just want that M&M trolly to travel to my mouth. 🚂 👁️👅👁️

[@charismafunds]

Watching this while eating chocolate 🍫

[@maria89479]

A normal hersheys bar is already $1.79…. That’s crazy high!

[@lostcontrol1981]

I’ve noticed many chocolate makers are substituting cocoa butter with palm oil. The taste and feel of the chocolate is greatly affected. It’s getting very hard to find good quality chocolate anymore. I am a soap maker too, and often use cocoa butter in my soaps - but it’s getting much too expensive to add cocoa butter anymore.

[@hieuphungminh6690]

My favourite 2% cacao milk chocolate will be 1% cacao milk chocolate now. So sad 😢

[@shalahuddinumar3386]

Its truly sad that the nation who export the most chocolate is the one that cant enjoy choco. Ghana gov should limit their raw chocholate export and build their own chocolate factory for finished product.

[@RazielDeTam]

And what are they going to do with all that chocolate?

[@shalahuddinumar3386]

@@RazielDeTam Sell it as a finished product abroad with much higher price so that their citizens and their farmers can actually benefit from it

[@RazielDeTam]

@@shalahuddinumar3386 abroad? Who's going to buy it? On some islands? Nobody is going to buy that chocolate without proper marketing, and it's a HUGE investments. Honestly, would you buy a noname grocery from unknown origin for full price?

[@RazielDeTam]

@@shalahuddinumar3386 and) honestly, I'll never buy sweets from unknown origin/technology. I can F Nestlé, but can i F "Ghana's cacao"? 'Sell abroad' is ez to say but hard to do, they're noname

[@shalahuddinumar3386]

@@RazielDeTam you misunderstand it, their government should create a policy to make these international companies built their factory in Ghana, this would improve their country industrial investment and employ their citizens. And hopefully, would make other industries popped up too

[@xmarjav6353]

I didnt see any Chinese Equipment in Gold Mining though😂

[@anttycoon]

Chinese Huawei invented cloaking machinery, fully automated and 5.5 G connectivity.

[@palmtreasy]

so thats why the halloween candy bags at walmart were like 30 dollars and m&ms and kit kat are coming out with all these random flavors. it all makes sense.

[@toogood2kr]

My favorite peanut m&ms are the ones that dont have peanut in them. 😊🎉😂

[@justflight88]

Yummy Yummy 😋

[@lisastenzel5713]

2:05 😮I knew they made cocao, but THAT much? Damn... I hope they get this fixed. And I am sure not that sad anymore about the prices of sweets with chocolate.

[@melindaburgess-murray4781]

Yes I have seen an in Cadbury Chocolate From 12 dollars to $16 in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@lockethomas7165]

African- "We want to produce our own chocolate here in Africa" European- "how you going to manage that you have no cows or milk chillers"

[@abbynarishkin9025]

Powdered milk :) Ghana is building out its cold chain. That’s how places like Niche and fairafric are coming online

[@calvinhoward3808]

Time to pump those CFC refrigerants!

[@idanvegana]

Chocolate doesn't have to contain milk...

[@charlethemagne5466]

​@@idanvegana it doesn't but chocolate without milk tastes crap and you can only make like two types of milkless chocolate. No one likes dark chocolate for a reason.

[@idanvegana]

@@charlethemagne5466 Dark chocolate tastes like chocolate. Perhaps you prefer the taste of milk and white sugar. Also, you can make countless types of milkless chocolate. My favourite is with salty caramel :-)

[@stevodakine1]

Now I want a chocolate bar!

[@love83forever]

How does the Ghanaian government allow them to take peoples land?

[@BankHead980]

Probably a cut of the money

[@Krugster]

Corruption

[@Mandragara]

Corruption and a lack of policing ability

[@gardenlifelove9815]

Ya, they're really going to have to stop monocropping if they truly want to save the industry. There are ways to plant other trees and plants that will easily protect these trees, bit you have to inter-plant them

[@OrbitalVibes]

It means, it's finally time to become healthy!

[@mohammedrakib3736]

Here I am watching this video with a cup of chocolate icecream..

[@SocketSlinger]

You can bet like any other companies, when the prices are reduced for them we will still pay the premiums. It's not regulated like petroleum products, so let the price gouging continue, like always!

[@joshuaspagnoletti]

Cocoa bean farmers are usually poor and don’t have much equipment. Usually because they chased out the white settlers that used to run massive plantations. So it is no surprise to me that the price has kept going up year on year.

[@KingDeadMan]

The only reason those packets have less chocolate in them, is corprate greed- not shortages. Sh*t quality, is 100% a decision of greed, masked by "unfortunate circumstances". Makes me sick, and I don't even eat candy.

[@gabbonoo]

The only reason? Your emotional appeal is painful. Bad quality is often what one resorts to when the market is oversaturated and you dont have an exceptional aspect or backing. Chocolate is a luxury good and making it crap is at worst, a liquidation (destroying business potential for a golden parachute), and at best, a means to keep stable jobs. Cynical oversimplified reasoning without constructive ideas breeds polarising opinion that tends to be a burden on the middleman.

[@KingDeadMan]

@gabbonoo Luxuries are fresh whole foods, clean drinking water, unpolluted air, up-to-code fully paid housing, fully paid car, free accessibilities, job stability, etc... nothing about chocolate is an actual luxury, that's the way unnecessary junk has been marketed. You lack the mental maturity to understand what's going on around you. Open your eyes. You shuffle garbage into your system, call it a fine lifestyle, then wonder why you're sick as a dog, can barely move your body the way you should be able to, then blame everyone- except yourself, for your own undoing. I'm not going to tell you how to live your life. I will, if you ask, but I have no problems with the way others choose to live, unless it affects others & myself- especially the upcoming generations. I'm not letting those rich, fat, ignorant twatwaffles hurt the people that come next; but that's a different topic.

[@KingDeadMan]

@@gabbonoo Chocolate is not a luxury. It is filled with junk no person should be eating. Painful? You think sympathizing & idolizing these price-gouging, slave laboring billion dollar companies isn't painful to see? The irony.

[@taquinsuisse]

I can live without chocolate. Besides, my Swiss palate is used to real chocolate. Not palm oil mixed with a spoon of cocoa powder.

[@Michelle-s2z6l]

I think places like Hershey and Reese's have ruined the taste of chocolate for young people, so they want more expensive chocolate that actually tastes good, there was even a video on how trick or treaters actually prefer fruity/ sour candy over chocolate now. Theres still room for chocolate, but the demand for cheap chocolate has come down.

[@robertb1802]

Considering a snickers bar is like 10% chocolate, I imagine not much.

[@lattehour]

once you mine gold the land is destroyed for many decades to come

[@j-timeless]

13:48 "Ree-sees?" Just like my favorite actress, Ree-see Witherspoon.

[@alaynahlol]

Wow, who knew one word could be pronounced differently🙀🙀

[@GenesisCamille]

I love chocolate!

[@Taru1393]

I think we should support the local chocolate maker n buy it online but at the same time idk if they can manage that. I wish we had a way like patreon or something to support them like what we did for animators

[@Taru1393]

Support the farmers

[@balBROni]

Personally my candy of choice has been nerds bites as of late 😅

[@Dayvit78]

Wow I haven't had nerds in a long time. They were good

[@loganhubbs21]

If you think about it how many stores have every single kind of chocolate sitting on the shelves and they are never low and some of that chocolate is never touched

[@Marrawi01]

I used to eat so much chocolate haha when i was in post secondary school as stress killed me and now I cannot even eat one small bar without dying of how sugary everything is. I also hate anything that is dark chocolate. So i quit all together on chocolate. The only thing i eat from time to time is ice cream thats about it.

[@Boomflame82]

Say it out loud for the folks in the back with their fingers in their ears: when the prices to import go up, it's the DOMESTIC businesses and consumers that truly pay it in the end.

[@phole1100]

Calling this chocolate is a stretch. What these companies make is almost entirely sugar and oils, there is very little if any chocolate involved

[@stoundingresults]

I noticed the "share size" bag of peanut m&m's at the Vons Check out is way too small to share compared to years ago

[@joeorton1218]

Lol sounds like 1982

[@lisastenzel5713]

8:17 How is he expecting to sell those in Africa? Most people can barely afford food. I get his anger, no question. But ... Processing the beans in Africa and selling them to overseas, that would make a profit. Chances here are just as bad I guess, cos the industry is stuck for decades on not paying high prices and rather processing the beans themselves. Really the only thing that would stop me from buying chocolates made in Africa...is the issue of hygiene. I have zero clue on what standards they gotta meet there for anything food related. I do enjoy a good bar of chocolate. Tony's something is the name of the last good bar I found that was made with fair trade.

[@masond7573]

Chocolate scholar sounds like a cool profession

[@KaseyKessler]

Where is the government while all of this happening who is protecting the people? Not cool. Very sad! Where is cocobod when people are being attacked? I would turn to the Black market too. Thank you all of the veterans here and not here who give their lives to keep America Great!! You are Loved!! I love you!!