Andrew Bergin: Why it’s worth taking a look at the ingredients on your Easter eggs this year amid cocoa price surge
An Easter egg in Pierre Hermé chocolate shop in Paris. Photo: Guillaume Baptiste/AFP via Getty Images
Don’t be surprised if this week’s Easter eggs cost a bit more and weigh a bit less than they did last year.
In contrast to any of the crops we actually grow here, prices for cocoa and sugar are both rising. Sugar price has increased by about 20pc in the last year, largely down to weather in Brazil, but cocoa’s rise is more dramatic and complicated.
