*The tendency for wheypowder is stable to slightly up towards coming weeks/month. Our position is stable compared with our position in April
*Prices for lactose are similar stable with expectation of slight increase.
*Fats and oils are not cheaper. Coconutoil is higher in costprice. The producers keep the supply of coconutoil limited and thus keep price at their required level. Palmoil also shows some slight increase. Other vegetable oils remain fairly stable but not cheaper.
*The market for whey-fat-concentrates, which are a main important ingredient in the production of milkreplacers and all semifinished products that have a higher fat-content, is very tight. The market prices are higher than our costprices for Energylac that we having. Fortunately ! But the costprice of the spraydried wheyfat-concentrates is higher in anycase having its influence on the milkreplacer-prices. The supply in European market is limited and surely not big volumes. We can offer for direct sales our Energylac 50 again, but we are still advicing not to sell the very big volumes yet.
*Vegetable proteins : Most vegetable proteins increased compared to last months. Surely soya-products increased in prices, Wheat protein stable to bit lower.
* USD rate : the Usd rate is fluctuating between 1.125 and 1.13 already some time… Higher than last months where we had USD rates of 1.09 against the Euro. So, the ones among you buying in USD and comparing the prices with some months ago, they see that prices in USD of course are higher due to the USD rate mainly.