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Today it\\u2019s all about the delicious creamy treat most of us love a little too much\\u2026 chocolate! \\xa0Chocolate has become something we don\\u2019t think too much about, it\\u2019s always available, wherever we go, in every grocery store around the world. But do we ever stop to think about what goes into a bar of chocolate, how it\\u2019s made and what we\\u2019re endorsing when we buy chocolate?

Despite cocoa only growing in a few countries, predominantly in Africa, it\\u2019s become this massive global industry worth over $100 billion, and a huge part of our food industry.\\xa0

But like many things, our beloved choc does have a dark side\\u2026\\xa0

You just have to watch the Rotten episode on Cocoa on Netflix to realize that things are not what they seem - a lot of clever marketing and a few very profitable companies have done a great job at selling us the chocolate dream when in reality it\\u2019s causing a lot of harm to entire societies and our planet.\\xa0\\xa0

But it\\u2019s not all bad - there\\u2019s a new wave of craft chocolate makers creating delicious, real chocolate in a fair, ethical way which means we can still enjoy chocolate without supporting the damaging side of the industry.\\xa0

Today I\\u2019m speaking to Spencer Hyman who started the UK based company Cocoa Runners \\u2013 and what they do is travel all over the world and find these makers and farmers and select the best bars so they can supply craft chocolate to people.\\xa0

I met up with Spencer at his office here in London to talk more about the industry, get the lowdown on craft chocolate and why it\\u2019s better, hear the stories of some of these artisan makers, and a whole lot more interesting info about chocolate.

I know you\\u2019re going to find it super interesting and I really hope it makes you think about and reassess what you buy, how you consume chocolate and the impact these choices have.\\xa0

Spencer is offering \\xa310 off your first order of craft choc so you can head to cocoarunners.com and enter the code FT10. And yes, they deliver\\u2026

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