British multinational consumer goods company Unilever has altered some of its recipes to use rapeseed oil in the ingredients’ list instead of sunflower oil owing to a global shortage of the latter triggered by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Saabira Chaudhuri reported in today's Wall Street Journal that, "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a global shortage of sunflower oil that has in turn pushed prices of other edible oils to record highs, hitting food makers and consumers already grappling with inflation."