Editing Kit Kat (section)

=== Fairtrade ===
In December 2009, it was announced that the four-finger variety of Kit Kat would use [[Fairtrade certification|Fairtrade]] chocolate (at least in Britain and Ireland) from January 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6730155/Nestles-Kit-Kat-goes-Fairtrade.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6730155/Nestles-Kit-Kat-goes-Fairtrade.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Nestlé's Kit Kat goes Fairtrade|last=Wallop|first=Harry|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group|Telegraph Group]]|location=London|date=7 December 2009|access-date=5 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Fairtrade Kit Kat promotion was extended to the two-finger edition in January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/12/fair-trade-fairtrade-kitkat-farmers|title=Not so fair trade|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|Guardian News & Media]]|last=Chambers|first=Andrew|date=12 December 2009|access-date=5 May 2013|location=London}}</ref>

In June 2020, Nestlé announced that KitKat was to end its relationship with the non-profit organisation, [[Fairtrade International|Fairtrade]], instead choosing to source its cocoa for KitKat chocolate bars from farms with a [[Rainforest Alliance]] accreditation.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 June 2020|title='Profoundly disappointing': KitKat cuts ties with Fairtrade|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/23/profoundly-disappointing-kitkat-cuts-ties-with-fairtrade|access-date=13 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref>