The UK consumes more confectionery than any other country in the world, almost £4 billion (or £63 per year per person). 70% of the cocoa comes from West Africa. However, many West African cocoa growers live in severe poverty, earning less than £170 a year.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture found that child slavery was limited, but that at least 12,000 child cocoa workers were purchased in human trafficking, and 284,000 children worked in hazardous conditions using machetes and pesticides without vital protective equipment. Many received no education because poverty forced them into the job.

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