Making sustainable chocolate the norm

Sustainable Cocoa Growing Programme

Making sustainable chocolate the norm

What do you know about UTZ certified cocoa? Find out everything about our certification and take that bold step into the future.

Making sustainable chocolate the norm

Sustainable chocolate

In 2018, Van Houten took an exciting leap into the future: all cocoa in Van Houten chocolate drinks became officially UTZ certified! This guarantee ensures all cocoa used in Van Houten powders today is sustainably sourced from farm to shop shelf. By serving them, you support the cocoa growing communities that take care of their crops daily.

  • Ingredients grown by farmers trained for better practices

  • Made with respect for people and planet

  • 100% sustainably grown cocoa 

What’s the UTZ mission?

In short: create a world in which sustainable farming is the norm and cocoa farmers thrive. The cocoa sector faces several challenges: poor soil fertility management, ageing tree stocks and uncontrolled deforestation are just some of them. 

Another part lies with the cocoa farmers and their communities. Poor labor conditions and low income make it hard to earn a living, and educate future generations. Together, we help farmers and their families to fulfil their ambitions and safeguard the world’s resources. 

 

Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate Targets for 2025

Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate Targets

We all love chocolate. To make sure it’s around forever, sustainable chocolate should become the way to go. Barry Callebaut has put bold new ways of doing business in place, as well as bringing the right partners together to make it happen. And the UTZ certificate for all Van Houten chocolate drinks is only one part of it. 

  • Zero child labour in the supply chain

  • Lift more than 500,000 cocoa farmers out of poverty 

  • Become carbon and forest positive 

  • Have 100% sustainable ingredients in all products 

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