Milka boards are smaller

Given the increased Reduced cost prints The US group Mondelez it Content some of his Milka boards. The increase of the Cocoa prices as well as the high costs for energy, Packaging and Transport led “that the production of our products continues to be much more expensive,” said Mondolez on Thursday.

“As a result of this difficult environment, we had to make the decision to adapt the weight of some of our Milka, both in the standard and in the large. The company thus confirmed a report of the Food newspaper.

These varieties are affected

The measure affects, among other things, the varieties of alpine milk, Hazelnut, Tender and Whitethe content of which shrinks from 100 grams to 90 grams.

The weight of several large boards is also reduced from 270 grams to 250 grams. For some varieties such as Dark Milk, Luflée or Oreo Sandwich, the content was previously less than 100 grams.

Mondolez emphasized that changes to product sizes were “very carefully” weighed and only made, “if it is inevitable”.

Price for cocoa increased sharply

The cocoa prices on the New York raw material exchange had increased by 161 percent last year. In mid -December they rose to a record of $ 10,100 (9,715 euros) per ton. As early as 2023, cocoa prices rose by 70 percent.

The Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli recently announced price increases for its products in view of the high costs for cocoa.

Difficult year for Ritter Sport

The German chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport grew in 2024 despite difficult framework conditions. The turnover was 605 million euros, after 561 million euros in the previous year, the company announced on Thursday. The family business, which also has a location in Breitenbrunn (Eisenstadt area), did not provide any concrete information on the profit.

However, the yield situation was not satisfactory, it said. The background was the high cocoa price.

The export quota rose to over 60 percent. A plus for sales was achieved in important foreign markets such as Great Britain, Italy and Austria as well as non -European markets such as the USA and China. Managing Director Andreas Ronken formulated an ambitious goals for the market in the USA: “We want to have reached a leading market position there in five to six years and be among the top five.” A sales daughter was founded for this.

Company continues to sell in Russia

The largest sales market after Germany was also Russia in 2024, the turnover there was stable, as a spokesman said. After the beginning of the War of Drafts in Russia, Ritter Sport had been very important to criticize chocolate to Russia in February 2022 in February 2022. The company had justified the step with effects for production, which would ultimately also be affected by cocoa farmers in West Africa, Central and South America.

The company decided not to invest in the Russian market, to stop advertising and to donate the profit from Russia to humanitarian aid organizations. According to a speaker, 2024 is a good 200,000 euros.