Frequently Asked Questions about Blakes Organic Chocolates
Q. Are all Blakes products Organic?
Organic Trust Ireland
Yes and all our products are certified by the Organic Trust, one of Ireland’s leading organic certification bodies. The Organic Trust logo which is on all our products demonstrates and guarantees to our customers that our chocolate is produced to strict and rigorous environmental standards.
All organic farms and food companies are inspected regularly to ensure the standards continue to be met.
Q. Where are the ingredients from?
The beans are from small Fair Trade, Latin American traders in the Dominican Republic, the sugar is from a small farm in Peru. For more information on our ingredients, please visit http://www.yacao.com/e/yac.htm
Q. Are your products suitable for vegetarians?
All of our products are suitable for vegetarians.
Q. Are your products suitable for coeliacs?
All of our products are suitable for people who need to avoid gluten in their diet.
Q. Are your products GM free?
Yes – as all of our products are certified by the Organic Trust, ensuring no genetically modified (GM) ingredients are used in their production.
Q. Which of Blakes products are Fairtrade?
We are proud to say all of our products our Fair Trade.
Q. What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade Ireland
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.
Q. How green is your packaging?
The Blakes packaging is environmentally friendly – handmade and hand wrapped in a specially sealed polypropylene. The outer wrapper is recycled also.
