Edible Oils

Unit prices of edible oils continued to fluctuate in 2023. While sunflower oil’s unit price saw jumps due to the war in Ukraine, olive oil also became more expensive due to the effect of drought on supply. Overall, at the end of the review period,…

Edible oils in Denmark saw record unit price increases in 2022 and at the beginning of 2023, along with significant declines in volume sales. This is the result of supply shortages due to the war in Ukraine. Olive oil has seen high price increases…

The impact of the inflation crisis and of the spike in raw material prices had a huge impact on edible oils in both 2022 and 2023. Products such as rapeseed oil and sunflower oil experienced extreme price increases in 2022, while olive oil suffered…

Edible oils in the UK has still been experiencing various challenges in 2023, including inflation, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions. While there has been a slight improvement, persistently high unit prices continue to pose difficulties for…

Sales of edible oils have continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, driven in part by a further steep increase in retail prices. Price rises and the drop in demand is the result of several factors including the adverse effects of the…

Olive oil is an important part of the traditional Italian diet but the category has continued to see declining sales in retail volume terms in 2023, although elevated inflation and a sharp rise in prices has ensured the category has continued to see…

Edible oils is enjoying a recovery back to normalisation in 2023, following the turbulence caused by the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war. Indeed, in 2022, it was strongly noted how reliant France was on imports for its edible oils and, moreover,…

Edible oils recorded strong growth in 2020, with Coronavirus (COVID-19) seeing consumers cooking a lot more at home than usual due to lockdowns and foodservice closures. With these measures continuing into 2021, growth remained above normal levels,…