Ukraine lacks grain: experts said how critical it is

Published Jun 17, 2024

Tridge summary

Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of high-quality rye and wheat, which is causing concern among pasta and bread manufacturers. This shortage is expected to limit product variety and increase prices, especially for pasta that requires high-quality wheat flour. Bread producers can use chemical additives to mitigate the issue, but the overall quality and cost of bread are still impacted. Bread prices have already risen by 10% and are expected to increase by another 20% in the coming months. Despite the seriousness of the situation, experts assure that there is no risk of famine, as the shortage is confined to the highest quality grain.
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Original content

An unexpected and serious problem has arisen in Ukraine - a lack of rye and wheat of the highest grades, which threatens to narrow the range and increase prices for bakery and, especially, pasta products. This is reported by UNIAN. In Ukraine, there was a shortage of rye and wheat of the highest grades. Because of this, pasta and bread manufacturers are panicking in the media, and some Telegram channels are reproducing apocalyptic predictions. Mentions of the grain crisis emerged in the media space after the journalist Yevgeny Plinsky's report on the lack of high-quality wheat grain and, accordingly, high-quality flour in Ukraine. According to him, this is not a big problem for bread producers, because with the help of chemical additives, the quality of flour is compensated, but for the production of pasta, only high-quality wheat flour with a high gluten content is needed. Some macaroni producers reported that they would soon be running out of almost nothing to make their ...
Source: Agropolit

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