Mrs Crimble’s ( Ecotone Group) – Vegan coconut macaroons, Oaty bakes with chocolate, vegan choc macaroons.

Both provide some financial and other benefits to producers who meet certain standards. This is significant because poverty and low cocoa prices have been identified as key factors in child labour. Fairtrade guarantees a minimum price to protect against low global market prices and also pays a premium which producers can invest in farm improvements and community projects. Rainforest Alliance does not guarantee a minimum price but recently introduced a premium, although it is only about half the size of that guaranteed by Fairtrade.Just eight companies received our best rating: Mr Organic, Lazy Day Foods, Island Bakery, Duchy Originals, John Lewis (Waitrose), Co-op, M&S and Ferrero (but not Burton’s which make most of its brands). The first four are small companies that provide products we considered to be environmental alternatives because they were vegan or organic. This doesn't mean they are without environmental criticisms though. Tax Avoidance Once cooled, dip half of the biscuit in the melted chocolate and add sprinkles. Put in the fridge to chill until set. The focus on public health often means that other ethical issues related to sugar are overlooked. As with cocoa, human rights abuses are widespread in sugar cane cultivation. The US Department of Labor reports likely child or forced labour in sugar cane production in 19 countries around the world, mainly in Asia and Latin America. British Sugar not only processes all sugar beet, it controls seed sales and funds UK research on the crop.

Lazy Day Foods* – All biscuits. (All biscuits are palm oil free, but company uses palm oil in some other products like tiffin and slices.)Yildiz is the owner of Pladis Foods (who own United Biscuits), whose brands include McVitie’s, Crawford’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s biscuits. Some of the biscuit brands included in this guide are deliberately vegan and are made by fully vegan companies such as Mr Organic and Lazy Day Foods. But many of our old favourites are also vegan by chance.

Hill’s Biscuits – Chocolate creams, fruit shortcake, shortie, ginger nuts, lemon cream, ginger rings, orange creams, digestive creams, bourbon creams, ginger fingers, oaties, fig rolls, nice, fruit shortcake, rich tea. McVitie’s dominates the UK biscuits market with a quarter of market share and six of its biscuits in the top ten by sales. Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Chocolate (23%) [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Powder, Cocoa Mass, Whey Powder (𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤), Vegetable Fats In Varying Proportions (Palm, Shea Fat, Sal Fat, Mango), Anhydrous 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Fat, Emulsifier: Lecithins (𝐒𝐨𝐲𝐚)], Palm Oil, Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Flavouring, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Emulsifier: Lecithins (𝐒𝐨𝐲𝐚).What are the options if you wish to either avoid palm oil, or only buy biscuits with certified palm oil?