Hungary declares war on artificial meat and milk imitations

"Probably no one will be surprised if I say that the past few years have been quite difficult for the Hungarian dairy sector, including for milk processors. Crisis followed crisis, we went from one problematic period to another. These difficulties strongly consumed the reserves of milk processors and producers. Today, it is difficult to mobilize resources to solve a new stress factor," said Attila Koller, co-chairman of the Milk Product Council, CEO of Tolnatej Zrt., which produces the Tolle product line, referring to the Covid epidemic and then the energy price explosion caused by the Russian-Ukrainian war, transport difficulties, the record-breaking drought, and last year's recession, accompanied by inflation, the European champion in Hungary, a drop in real wages, and skyrocketing interest rates. In addition to the increase in energy prices, the already extremely energy-intensive sector was/is affected by the increase in the costs of packaging and transportation, as well as the ...