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Rainforest Alliance Certification

Now DOVE^® Dark not only
tastes good, it does good.

The next time you look at our DOVE® Dark Chocolate packaging, you might just spot an image of a little frog. This tiny fellow is the symbol of the Rainforest Alliance and from now on, DOVE® Dark Chocolate across the US will carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal.

But what does that mean?

It means that we source 100% of our cocoa volume for DOVE® Dark Chocolate from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms. The Rainforest Alliance helps thousands of farmers around the world gain the tools and techniques necessary to protect the wildlife, the environment, and the rights and welfare of their workers and their families for now and for future generations. It's just one more step in our global commitment to source 100% of our cocoa beans sustainably. Learn more about our efforts at Mars Cocoa Sustainability or on the Mars Cocoa Sustainability Blog.

So the next time you bite into a silky-smooth DOVE® Dark Chocolate, we hope it brings an even bigger smile to your face.

WE BUY COCOA FROM RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED™ FARMS, TRACEABLE* FROM THE FARM INTO OUR FACTORY. * We ensure all of the cocoa we purchase for DOVE® Dark and have delivered to our factories is segregated and traceable from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms. However, given the volumes of chocolate produced for multiple brands at our factory/ies, we are unable to ensure traceability and segregation through the final production phase – the individual chocolate product you buy in stores. Given our commitment to drastically increase the volume of cocoa we purchase from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms, we will incorporate more and more cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms into each of our products produced at the Elizabethtown facility.