# Sunflower Acidity Standards Rise Amid Quality Shortage

> Ukrainian processors have raised the acceptable sunflower acidity level from 2.5% to 5%, applying a 500 UAH/t discount per percentage point above that. Some batches show acidity above 10% as the harvest, at 9 million tons, falls short of last year.

- Date: 2025-11-24 · published 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22068-sunflower-acidity-standards-rise-amid-quality-shortage
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower-quality seed reduces food-grade crushing and may shift volumes toward technical uses, tightening the supply of quality sunflower meal and oil. The shortfall gives modest support to sunflower-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- agroreview.com: https://agroreview.com/en/newsen/crops/producers-increase-sunflower-acidity-standards/

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