Truffle Pasta Could Get More Expensive, Here?s Why
With a global shortage of truffles, you will expect to see an increase in prices for your favourite plate of white truffle pasta.
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With a pandemic going around you?d think we have enough crises on our hands, but there is a new crisis looming on the horizon ? a shortage of white truffle.
With the slowing of the global supply chain, there is now a shortage of the prized delicacy in the US. Bloomberg calls it ?The Great White Truffle Crisis of 2021?. Consequently, prices for the luxury ingredient have soared, making it, and plates of white truffle pasta, more expensive.
Of course, truffles have always been difficult to come by. Truffle only grows in the wild in certain parts of Italy and the Balkans and are notoriously pricey.
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Image: Regalis Foods
Bloomberg reports that at food distributor Chefs Warehouse, white truffles currently cost around US$4,000 per pound. Truffle supplier Urbani Truffles is seeing prices around US$4,500 per pound and at luxury foods retailer Regalis Foods, prices have jumped to US$4,950 a pound for higher-end white truffles deemed “extra class”.
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Image: WeTruf
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The post Truffle Pasta Could Get More Expensive, Here’s Why appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Unsplash/Connie Perez
With a pandemic going around you?d think we have enough crises on our hands, but there is a new crisis looming on the horizon ? a shortage of white truffle.
With the slowing of the global supply chain, there is now a shortage of the prized delicacy in the US. Bloomberg calls it ?The Great White Truffle Crisis of 2021?. Consequently, prices for the luxury ingredient have soared, making it, and plates of white truffle pasta, more expensive.
Of course, truffles have always been difficult to come by. Truffle only grows in the wild in certain parts of Italy and the Balkans and are notoriously pricey.
READ MORE: World?s Most Expensive Avocado Toast at Berlin Art Week
Image: Regalis Foods
Bloomberg reports that at food distributor Chefs Warehouse, white truffles currently cost around US$4,000 per pound. Truffle supplier Urbani Truffles is seeing prices around US$4,500 per pound and at luxury foods retailer Regalis Foods, prices have jumped to US$4,950 a pound for higher-end white truffles deemed “extra class”.
READ MORE: The Downsides of Le Michelin Guide and its Coveted Stars
Image: WeTruf
Bloomberg also reported that prices have jumped due to a combination of poor weather conditions and shrinking...
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