# Soaring egg prices force French food industry to change recipes | Reuters

> Egg prices in France have more than doubled due to higher feed and energy costs and shortages after the worst bird flu crisis on record. Some French food companies have reduced output or changed recipes.

- Date: 2022-10-05 · published 2022-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39136-soaring-egg-prices-force-french-food-industry-to-change-recipes-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking European flock sizes lower feed demand from layers, a modestly bearish signal for feed grains and meal in the EU market.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-02-21 | [Farmers say bird flu a 'crisis' as egg prices soar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26061-farmers-say-bird-flu-a-crisis-as-egg-prices-soar.md) | -1.7% | +0.5% |
| SBM | 2025-02-21 | [Explainer: How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26058-explainer-how-bird-flu-has-sent-us-eggs-prices-skyrocketing-reuters.md) | -1.7% | +0.5% |
| SBM | 2024-08-30 | [Surging Egg Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28794-surging-egg-prices.md) | +3.0% | +4.7% |
| SBM | 2025-01-13 | [U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak - CBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26647-u-s-egg-industry-sees-record-chicken-deaths-from-bird-flu-outbreak-cbs-news.md) | +1.8% | +2.7% |
| SBM | 2025-02-28 | [Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits? \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26059-are-egg-producers-inflating-prices-during-the-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost.md) | +1.7% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/soaring-egg-prices-force-french-food-industry-change-recipes-2022-10-05/

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