France: The crisis has hit chips, amateurs are terrified

Due to the shortage of sunflower oil, producers want to change the composition of their products without changing the packaging, reports the French television FMF (BFM). The list of foods containing sunflower oil is long - chips, canned fish, baby food, pastries, biscuits, ready meals. However, this ingredient may soon become rare due to the war in Ukraine. The country provides 50 percent of the world's exports of sunflower and oil. Ukraine is one of the world's largest producers, with 7 million tons of sunflower oil a year, of which 6.7 million are exported, according to AFP. And according to Fediol, the European Federation of Vegetable Oil Producers, regular monthly deliveries of 200,000 tonnes of sunflower oil to European ports were suspended in early March, Novethic reported. weeks, supplies are still expected to be secured, a new uncertainty is set - the war makes it difficult to sow sunflowers. It is possible that the areas intended for this crop will be halved, and hence ...