Key ingredient in coffee and cocoa adds to inflation woes
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Key ingredient in coffee and cocoa adds to inflation woes

Published: 15 Apr. 2024, 19:23
Customers browse through chocolates at a supermarket in Seoul on Monday. [NEWS1]

Customers browse through chocolates at a supermarket in Seoul on Monday. [NEWS1]

 
The sharp rise in the international prices of Coffea robusta, a key ingredient in chocolates and extensively utilized in instant coffee and cocoa, is heightening inflation rates. 

BY SEO JI-EUN [[email protected]]
tags Korea coffee chocolate coffea robusta cocoa

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