# Royal Taste oil manufacturer halts production

> Viktor & K, which makes sunflower oil and related products under the Royal Taste brand, has halted production and stopped buying oilseeds. The company is also reducing its workforce. It is the latest sunflower oil producer in Ukraine to stop operations after Russian attacks.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T06:06:20.393Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99007-royal-taste-oil-manufacturer-halts-production
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Ukrainian crush capacity removes sunflower meal and oil supply from the market, which supports sunflower meal and sunflower oil prices and keeps pressure on the feed protein balance.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-04-12 | [Oil News: OPEC+ Deal to Cut Production Reached, Price War Ends - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53541-oil-news-opec-deal-to-cut-production-reached-price-war-ends-bloomberg.md) | -4.1% | -4.3% |
| SBO | 2026-03-03 | [Global oil and gas prices soar as Iran crisis disrupts shipping, production \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8777-global-oil-and-gas-prices-soar-as-iran-crisis-disrupts-shipping-production.md) | +1.0% | -0.8% |
| SBO | 2026-03-08 | [Crude oil sells above $100 a barrel as Iran war impedes production \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5230-crude-oil-sells-above-100-a-barrel-as-iran-war-impedes-production-ap-news.md) | -0.7% | -1.2% |
| SBO | 2022-07-07 | [Ukraine exported a record amount of sunflower, but will cut production in half in the new season 07.07.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40603-ukraine-exported-a-record-amount-of-sunflower-but-will-cut-production-in-half.md) | -1.5% | +0.6% |
| SBO | 2022-02-23 | [Palm oil futures hit all-time high on bullish global energy, vegetable oil markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8760-palm-oil-futures-hit-all-time-high-on-bullish-global-energy-vegetable-oil.md) | +3.8% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- biz.liga.net: https://biz.liga.net/en/agriculture/news/another-sunflower-oil-producer-halts-production-due-to-russian-attacks

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