Selected as winner over nearly 2,000 other chocolate snacks, GoodSam’s Candy Coated Peanuts feature organic peanuts covered in organic chocolate from Northern Colombia.

Koa has implemented a new, tamper-proof and scalable transparency system that records payments made to cocoa smallholders.

Transparency Technologies LLC, a company with a mission to accelerate the world's adoption of transparency, has recognized Vosges Haut-Chocolat as a Certified Transparent Company.

With the 2020 harvest season, 100 percent of Lindt & Sprüngli’s cocoa beans are traceable back to the farmers and its Farming Program is verified by the Earthworm Foundation.

Transparency is at the heart of two new initiatives from Cargill, a comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of EverSweet stevia sweetener by Avansya and a first-of-its-kind look inside the company’s leaf-based stevia sustainability efforts.

It’s no secret that consumers seeking food without certain allergens, animal products, pesticide use or GMOs are at a disadvantage when it comes to finding items that meet their needs. Fortunately, product variety and transparency will continue to improve as more manufacturers move into the space and adopt measures to make information available.

More than 28,000 products now appear on SmartLabel, an app designed to give consumers more information than what appears on packaging.