In this article, we will talk about the news that has been causing a stir lately: sparkling water that is almost impossible to find. I know you’re going to be shocked because it’s really great but unfortunately maybe we should start saying ‘goodbye’. But why? What is happening?
Sparkling water is starting to run out in supermarkets and its price will soon increase significantly: let’s see why the production line has stopped. Sparkling water will soon no longer be available in supermarkets and Europe’s largest producer of mineral water, which produces around one and a half billion bottles a year, has stopped production lines for carbonated products for lack of carbon dioxide .
The problem is that the companies that produce Co2 prefer to allocate it to health and therefore it may end soon. Co2 has become almost impossible to find and all our competitors are in the same situation: in fact, they are all desperate, and this is another very serious problem on top of the record rises in raw material prices and the drought that exhaust all sources. Stocks of sparkling water in supermarket warehouses are dwindling and once they run out there may soon be none; the fault is certainly also with the energy crisis which threatens to strike even this sector.
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Most of the sparkling water found in our country is made up of mineral water which is then added to carbon dioxide through the process of carbonation. However, the short circuit could not only affect the production of sparkling water, but also the entire food sector, including confectionery production, which needs additional gas to be able to prepare the foods that are so popular with all consumers. . At the moment, however, producers are waiting for supplies from abroad, but that could keep the production line running for a few hours or at most a few days.
Curiosity: Italy is the first country in Europe and one of the first in the world to consume water in plastic bottles with an average of more than 200 liters per year for each Italian. Now the crisis has also hit this sector and this could lead, given the high demand for sparkling water, to new price increases which are therefore added to those already present and which will weigh on the pockets of Italians and on their expenses.