France: Nuggets, crumble, crisps, dozens of products have already replaced sunflower oil with rapeseed oil

Several dozen food products had already been the subject of a derogation on Friday afternoon, three days after the state's decision to authorize manufacturers of margarine, crisps and other sauces to replace sunflower oil without changing their packaging. In most cases, sunflower oil, hit by shortages, is replaced by rapeseed, according to the list of products identified by the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) on its website, for recipe change. On Tuesday, the State authorized manufacturers for a maximum of six months to modify the recipes of their consumer products in the event of "proven difficulties in the supply of raw materials", starting with sunflower oil, of which Ukraine is a major global exporter. The only clue for in-store consumers: for the crumble, the area indicating the use-by date will bear the wording "DEROG", while the nuggets will bear on their tray, bag or case, the wording "rapeseed replaces sunflower", details ...