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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after cost of cocoa and coffee doubles

Chocolate shavings being added to cups of coffee
Chocolate being added to cups of coffee. The prices for cocoa and coffee rose 163% and 103% respectively in the year to January. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Extreme weather events are expected to lead to volatile food prices throughout 2025, supply chain analysts have said, after cocoa and coffee prices more than doubled over the past year.

In an apparent confirmation of warnings that climate breakdown could lead to food shortages, research by the consultancy Inverto found steep rises in the prices of a number of food commodities in the year to January that correlated with unexpected weather.

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