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US Supreme Court accuses Nestle of child slavery in Ivory Coast

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Three of the world’s biggest food producers including Nestlé, have been indicted for using unpaid children to harvest cocoa in Ivory Coast. The US Supreme Court on Monday accused Nestlé, Archer-Daniels-Midland, and Cargill of aiding and abetting human rights violations by purchasing cocoa from Ivory Coast in full knowledge of the country’s child slavery problem. The ruling was made following... 

Dark chocolate can lower blood pressure, study says

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Research was done in the short term that could not identify the optimal amount of chocolate to be eaten… Daily consumption of dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure slightly, a second analysis of 20 studies indicated. The research was conducted by the Cochrane group – an international collaboration of thousands of experts who review previous studies. The reason was the cocoa, the... 
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