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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Josie Clarke

Chocolate prices up nearly 50 per cent in three years as ‘Chocflation’ persists

Chocolate price inflation is accelerating due to climate factors - (Getty/iStock)

Chocolateprices have increase by almost half in just three years, latest inflation figures show, making products like chocolate bars, easter eggs and cocoa powder more expensive.

The steep rise is the result of extreme weather affecting major cocoa producers in west African nations, from where the UK and most of the world imports its cocoa beans.

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