The Worst Chocolate Brand in America Is Still Sold in Wisconsin

Iowa offers no shortage of options when it comes to mass-produced chocolate—because, really, who doesn’t love chocolate? Still, one brand seems to attract enough dislike to earn a spot on this list. It makes you wonder: how do you even judge bad chocolate? You’d think it’s subjective—but for this brand, the criticism appears to be unusually consistent.

It looks like the way you judge chocolate is not by taste, but by the public perception. Along with the things these companies have done to stay on top that have been covered by the media.

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How They Are Judged:

24/7 Wall St. came out with a list of chocolate brands to avoid based on factors that go beyond just flavor.

So, you’re looking for a better chocolate that doesn’t taste like wax? Perhaps you want a chocolate that doesn’t mistreat and underpay those who work on the bean farms or lie about being fair trade on its packaging? Maybe, just maybe, you want to indulge in some chocolate treat without worrying that the ingredients include child labor and exploitation? Doing so might sound simple, but it is actually much more difficult than it seems.

The Worst Chocolates:

The top seven are as follows,

7. Lindt

6. Ferrero

5. Godiva

4. Mondelez

3. Hershey

2. Nestlé

The Number One Worst: "Mars"

Mars includes popular candy bars such as Snickers, Twix, and Milky Way. The following quote is one of the reasons this brand was put on the list.

Why should you avoid Mars chocolate? While the company has made promises to change the way it produces chocolate, those promises remain unfulfilled. In 2001, the Washington Post wrote that their promises to eliminate chocolate made by slave labor from their factories were not kept. Mars revised their deadline to do so to 2005, then 2008, then 2010, and finally 2020. None of these deadlines were met.

Did your favorite get put on this list?