Proprio qualche giorno fa stavo ricontrollando i prezzi delle materie prime che usiamo. Da anni, come azienda, abbiamo fatto una scelta decisa: usare, come grassi, solo burro ed olio di oliva. Li abbiamo sempre reputati, tra i tanti grassi vegetali idrogenati (margarine), parzialmente idrogenati e ottenuti con other chemical processing, the most natural and at the same time more delicious.
The price of butter has always been double-and triple than that of other animal fat / vegetable, surely this is not a surprise. The problem is that from 2008 to 2010 we gathered to pay butter increased by 40%! And, it seems, will increase dramatically in the near future.
Butter, clearly affected by, fluctuations in the milk. And as we all know milk is one of the few markets (one of them is also that of wine) which is not free but regulated by quotas. But, paradoxically, it is also true: to explain, Sometimes, the fluctuations in the price of milk should see what butter and milk powder , even if they have low added value to the raw material from which they come. The data in this page can confirm the mystery never revealed.
In short, the consumer prices of milk and the consumer prices for butter are closely related. They are not, unfortunately, related to the stable prices of milk continue to decline as dramatically. But guess what the consumer '? coast remains strangely nte. And that's the butter? Increase!
These are the trends in butter prices in major world markets: depend significantly from the existing stock, as well as the cost of raw material (milk).

stocks and hence prices, who makes them? Few processing companies. A little 'as Gunther, in great detail, explained to us Cocoa .
In a nutshell are the losers:
- small and medium-sized companies looking to make a quality product that struggle to be competitive;
- consumers (not new).
The system thus seems purely based on the final consumer at a disadvantage who wants to eat well and companies wanting to create a product of quality. Too many producers ( especially small ones, which I think is very serious ), then, become seduced by the attractive prices of vegetable and animal fats (they cost almost 1 / 4 of butter).
admit that sometimes it's hard to hold off production costs, but NEVER compromise on quality. would be suicidal for the small Italian artisans.
So you just hold on : who buys thank you also because, of course, eating better will live longer.