West Midlands-based KTC has stopped all new sunflower oil sales due to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world’s biggest supplier of the oil. “We are still trying to work with our ...

Sunflower oil producer KTC has confirmed it is now “actively offering sunflower oil at a normal scale” for the first time since the late-February invasion by Russia of Ukraine – the world’s biggest ...

GM crops could be a potential solution as severe heat in Europe threatens oil supplies, it has been suggested. It comes as amid warnings the olive oil industry is in crisis amid extreme weather in ...

When the supermarket chain removed palm oil as an ingredient from all own-label products in 2018, in a stand against tropical deforestation, it greatly increased its reliance on sunflower oil.

The war has trapped millions of tonnes of sunflower oil earmarked for European buyers in Ukraine, causing a major supply shock that could last as long as the conflict continues.