The wholesale worth of concentrated orange has by no means been increased: will our fruit juice quickly be diluted by mandarin juice?

The upper costs on the wholesale market haven’t but been handed on to the grocery store. Fruit juice in Belgium even prices 5 p.c lower than in Might 2023. That is evident from figures from the Belgian statistics company Statbel.

In line with the IFU, there’s a good likelihood that the excessive worth will ultimately be handed on to shoppers all over the world. Cools tells the Monetary Occasions that the trade should subsequently search for different options. One possibility, he says, is so as to add juice from different fruits equivalent to tangerines to orange juice.

In line with Cools, mandarins are extra immune to local weather change. Out research printed in 2017 additionally reveals {that a} sure number of mandarin is much less more likely to be contaminated with citrus inexperienced illness.

Mandarins are already utilized in Japan. The nation imports 90 p.c of its orange juice. Because of the rising worth and the weak yen, a number of producers have introduced that they may now not promote orange juice. That is reported by the Japanese English newspaper Japan at the moment. Seven & i Holdings, the operator of the favored 7-Eleven grocery store chain in Japan, solves the issue by promoting orange juice that additionally comprises mandarin juice.