Chocolate: That's why Ritter Sport has to re-label packaging
Due to new EU regulations, Ritter Sport has to cover old packaging with stickers. This is what changes for consumers now on the chocolate bars.
Ritter Sport, a chocolate manufacturer based in Waldenbuch, Germany, has begun covering existing chocolate bars with a sticker to comply with an EU directive aimed at preventing greenwashing. The directive, known as EmpCo, comes into effect at the end of September and requires companies to provide detailed evidence for environmental claims.
Ritter Sport's "100% certified sustainable cocoa sourcing" claim will be obscured by the sticker, but the company says it will still display the information on the packaging, albeit in a different way. The company, which recently announced job cuts due to rising costs and decreased sales, supports measures that increase transparency but notes that the directive's implementation across Europe is uncertain.
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