The cost of chocolate is soaring, but blaming cocoa prices doesn’t give the whole picture
- Written by Peter Alexander, Professor of Global Food Systems, University of Edinburgh
Dmitr1ch/ShutterstockFamiliar bars of chocolate have been getting more expensive, and often smaller. Is this really just because cocoa has become more expensive, as is often claimed in the media?
In the UK, a Cadbury Dairy Milk “family” bar has shrunk from 200g to 180g since 2021. In the same period, the price has risen from £1.86...
