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They are words which will strike fear into every addict - we're running out of chocolate.
That's according to the world's largest confectionary producer, which has joined Mars in warning of a massive shortfall which could reach a million tonnes a year by 2020. Switzerland's Barry Callebaut Group said soaring demand have helped chocolate prices hit more than double what they were just eight years ago.
The supplier, which provides chocolate for firms from global giants to artisan bakers, has revealed it sold 1.7million tonnes in 2013/14 - a rise of 11.7 per cent on the year before. But there are limited quantities of the fragile crop - which means as production rises, so does the price.
That's according to the world's largest confectionary producer, which has joined Mars in warning of a massive shortfall which could reach a million tonnes a year by 2020. Switzerland's Barry Callebaut Group said soaring demand have helped chocolate prices hit more than double what they were just eight years ago.
The supplier, which provides chocolate for firms from global giants to artisan bakers, has revealed it sold 1.7million tonnes in 2013/14 - a rise of 11.7 per cent on the year before. But there are limited quantities of the fragile crop - which means as production rises, so does the price.
We're running out of chocolate says world's biggest producer
The Swiss-based Barry Callebaut Group warned of a global deficit by 2020 - echoing Mars Chocolate, which has also claimed there could be a million-tonne shortfall every year.
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