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Ritter Sport - conflict of interest by organic chocolate?


If, as conventional paper manufacturers such as Ritter Sport (more precisely, the Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG) intends to expand into the green "jobs, there are many stumbling blocks. Accept the consumer's commitment? What about the credibility? Since it is so nice if you can get a little help from a Ökoverband or a similar environmentally correct association. There you will get tips, get to know nice people and perhaps the membership / involvement is in the end also still positive self-image again.

The Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG is therefore a member of the AÖL - the association of organic food producers. While the chocolate producer Loden is in contrast to most other members AÖL the majority of its products conventionally, but you are looking at organic chocolate also available. Apparently the AÖL requires no 100% organic products. So far, so good - Which should make suspicious, the Statute of AÖL - especially § 2:

• promote environmental and consumer protection ecological taking into account considerations;
• The promotion of values awareness of food and knowledge of quality and safety of organic food;
• Ensuring a transparent declaration of food ;
• on the training of relevant standards for organic food to work and possible abuses of all kinds counteract
• development of common Strategies to develop the market for organic food.

This raises the question of how this commitment together is through membership in the AÖL with the fact that Ritter Sport after an investigation by the consumer centers particularly bad cut in the labeling of food?
"... particularly bad cut from well-known products from Ferrero, Haribo and Storck That was just one of 36 Ferrero-products tested by the indication provided to the sugar content even more stark, the Ritter Sport:.. Was any of their products according to marked contrast, positive.. Danone, Zentis and Iglo Overall, in 33 of the 50 producers under investigation, so at 68 percent, labeling unsatisfactory. Only 18 percent could be considered good ... "read here

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