Chocolate Prices from 1st January 2014

As a result of a sustained, dramatic increase primarily in the cost of cocoa butter, the price of chocolate from the major manufacturers will be going up again in January. If you didn't see our article about chocolate pricing in October, you can review it here for a fuller explanation of what's been going on in the cocoa markets.

All our new prices will be published on our website after we close for Christmas on 23rd December. In the meantime, we have highlighted below the new prices for all our main chocolate grades along with a brief summary of key trends for other products in case you would like to buy in extra stock ahead of the price increases.

** Please note that orders must be placed by 12 noon on Friday 20th December for guaranteed delivery before Christmas **

Callebaut & Cacao Barry

With other products, dark chocolate is generally going up by around 3%-4% and milk/white chocolate by 6%-8%. Increases on Fillings are generally lower with a number of products actually going down in price, albeit very slightly, such as Crème dell'Artigiano, Tintoretto and some nut products. Cocoa powder is also going down in price.

deZaan & deZaan Gourmet

deZaan industrial grades are going up by a lot relatively, although they continue to represent excellent value. The reason for the higher relative increases is that they reflect current market price levels rather than the average price level over the preceeding 6-9 months, as do Callebaut and deZaan Gourmet.
As a result, relative increases across brands do often vary from price list to price list, although the increases do tend to average out over time.

Prices of deZaan decoration products are unchanged.

With deZaan Gourmet grades, dark chocolates will be going up around 4% and milk and white chocolates by around 8%. deZaan Gourmet cocoa powder will be going down in price.

Take a look at our Understanding Chocolate Pricing article here for more information on chocolate price increases.

Regards.

The Keylink Team
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