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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Oliver Milman

Cookies and candy are latest victims of climate crisis as sugar prices surge

a pile of chocolate and vanilla cookies
In November, Mondelēz, a sprawling business that includes Cadbury, Oreos and Toblerone among its brands, warned of price increases for its products Photograph: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy

The climate crisis has been previously identified as a threat to coffee and beer, and its impact could now be stretching to another of life’s joys: dessert.

The global cost of sugar has surged to its highest level since 2011 following concerns of underproduction rates from India, which has experienced an extreme dry spell that has threatened crops, and Thailand, which is facing a severe drought. The two countries are the largest exporters of sugar, after Brazil.

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