black s type subsidiary founded 1991 founder craig sams josephine fairley headquarters london england products chocolate ice cream biscuits baking chocolate owner mondel z international website 1 green & black s is a british chocolate company founded in 1991 . the company produces a range of chocolate bars ice cream biscuits and hot chocolate with its principal manufacturing sites in canada poland and italy . its products are organic 1 and premium priced . it was bought by cadbury in 2005 and later became part of mondel z international formerly known as kraft foods . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 ownership changes and fairtrade 2 operations 2.1 united states 2.2 recalls 3 books 4 see also 5 external links 6 notes history edit founding edit green & black s was founded in 1991 by the couple craig sams and josephine fairley organic food pioneer and journalist respectively . the name was derived from a wordplay green standing for the environmental concerns of the founders and black for the high cocoa solids chocolate they wished to provide . in 1994 the company began purchasing fairtrade cocoa from maya farmers in belize for the maya gold chocolate bar and was awarded the worldaware business award in 1994 for good business practice 2 as well as the uk s first fairtrade mark . 3 the company has a small office in punta gorda belize . ownership changes and fairtrade edit in may 2005 cadbury schweppes latterly cadbury plc bought green & black s for an undisclosed sum estimated to be around 20m . cadbury pledged to run the company as a separate business . green & black s australia chocolate announced that it would convert 90 % of its range to fairtrade by the end of 2010 and its entire range by 2011 . 4 on 19 january 2010 cadbury was taken over by kraft foods inc cadbury was valued at 11.5 billion 19.5 billion us . in october 2012 kraft foods inc 2012 became mondel z international and part of its operation was starbursted as kraft foods group inc. operations edit green & black s has operations around the world including the united states united kingdom canada australia and other nations . united states edit green & black s sells chocolate bars baking chocolate and hot chocolate products in the united states . they are sold in stores such as whole foods market trader joe s walgreens among other retailers nationwide . they have various chocolate bars on various flavors such as dark 85 % cacao and white . 5 all are organic and all are fairtrade certified . recalls edit on 15 october 2012 mondel z global llc conducted voluntary u.s. recall of green & black s organic peanut and sea salt milk chocolate bar due to possible health risk . 6 books edit sweet dreams the story of green & black s craig sams and josephine fairley isbn 1905211457 2008 random house see also edit list of chocolate bar brands external links edit green & black s green & black s profile bbc news cadbury gobbles up organic rival 13 may 2005 the guardian interview with craig sams 16 may 2005 the observer how a 1.50 chocolate bar saved a mayan community from destruction 28 may 2006 http www.craigsams.com green & black s australia going fair trade . the fair trade association of australia and new zealand bbc news kraft takes over cadburys 2 february 2010 fda fda u.s. food and drug administration recalls last updated 15 october 2012 notes edit green & black s organic . archived from the original on 28 january 2007 . retrieved 21 february 2007 . http www.worldaware.org.uk awards awards1994 green.html http www.greenandblacks.com uk our story our beginning.html greenandblacks.com http www.fta.org.au news 293 sssdmh dm16 .409959 fair trade association australia and new zealand our products . retrieved 7 october 2016 . http www.fda.gov safety recalls ucm324043.htm fda v t e mondel z international brands nabisco brands and other snacks arrowroot barnum s animals barni belvita better cheddars cameo cheese nips chips ahoy claussen club social corn nuts enjoy life fig newtons 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