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Article: Black day for white truffle fans as prices hit Pounds 7 a gram
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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THE cost of white truffles has soared by 70 per cent because of
this year's poor harvest in Italy.
The delicacy Romans refer to as "white gold" tuber magnatum pico
is now changing hands for more than Pounds 7 a gram.
It has forced some food lovers to turn to the less expensive and
more pungent black truffle to be shaved into their pasta or salad.
"Production is going down vertically," said Andrea Rossano, the
head of Tartufingros, a company near Cuneo in north-western Italy
which exports worldwide.
"The situation is dramatic and prices are skyrocketing for a
natural product that, in the end, ...