Egg prices rose 5.1% in October and 22.5% in one year
Beef (17.8 per cent) and coffee, cocoa and infusions (16.2 per cent) have also become more expensive, while oils and fats (-33.5 per cent) and sugar (-13.5 per cent) have been reduced.
Egg prices have continued to rise, rising by 22.5% since October 2024 and 5.1% in the last month due to the avian flu crisis.
In fact, it is the most expensive staple food, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that the year-on-year increase in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages was 2.4% in October.
Beef (17.8%) and coffee, cocoa and infusions (16.2%) have also become very expensive, while oils and fats (-33.5%) and sugar (-13.5%) have been reduced.
In connection with this, yesterday, Thursday, the Spanish State ordered the confinement of all poultry breeding in the open air to prevent avian influenza.