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Shortage of sunflower oil: The list of products whose recipe has been modified unveiled in France

Refined Sunflower Oil
France
Published Jun 4, 2022

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Pizzas, nuggets, shortcrust pastry, ravioli, shepherd's pie, cordon bleu, biscuits... All these products usually contain sunflower oil. But the war in Ukraine poses the risk of a global shortage since 76% of this oil comes from Ukraine and Russia. Manufacturers, with their backs to the wall, appealed to Bercy to obtain temporary exemptions allowing them to change the recipes without touching the packaging. At the end of April, the State authorized them not to change the packaging for six months. On the other hand, food manufacturers must, within two months, indicate on the packaging that a recipe change has taken place without necessarily specifying which one with the mention "DEROG", for "derogation". In all, more than 2,800 products have already seen their recipe evolve since April 26. Your package of cakes bought last week may contain rapeseed oil instead of sunflower oil, although nothing indicates it on the packaging. For greater transparency, the repression of fraud (DGCCRF) ...
Source: Bfmtv
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