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Clear your widget selections instantly with the new "Deselect all" button in dropdown menus. Start fresh analysis without manually removing each selection or dealing with cluttered views.
What it does: One click clears all active selections in a widget What you can do: Reset widgets to empty state for clean analysis Why it matters: Faster workflow, cleaner screens, less clicking
Find it in the dropdown menus across most widgets.
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Summary: Vesper has partnered with Leap Market Analytics to deliver weekly expert reports covering Beef and Poultry markets. Starting with US market coverage, these specialized reports expand our protein category insights with the first report now live on the platform.
What's New:
Weekly reports for both Beef & Broiler markets with pricing trends, supply & demand dynamics, and market insights
Expert commentary from Leap Market Analytics' protein specialists
Seamlessly integrated into the Vesper Market Analysis section
How to Access: Find the new reports under Market Analysis → Meat and Poultry, with fresh insights published weekly.
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300 new daily price series covering major beef, pork, and lamb products
Real-time daily updates to ensure you have the latest market data
Coverage across different cuts, grades, and products
Easily track and monitor daily price movements for all meat categories
Quick access to historical trends and current market conditions
Ideal widget for efficient price monitoring
Incorporate new meat price data into custom recipe breakdowns
Build cost models that reflect your product’s market pricing
Create detailed analyses for food service, retail, and manufacturing applications
Compare meat prices against other commodity products
Identify correlations and patterns between different protein markets
The new meat price series are immediately to users with Meats&Poultry in their commodity package. To begin using this data:
Use the Prices Widget to explore individual price series
Use the Price Comparison to analyze relationships between meat and other commodities
Access Cost Models to incorporate the new data into your custom analyses
For questions about the new meat price series or assistance with implementation, please contact our support team at: [email protected]
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Summary: Vesper has expanded its oils & fats coverage with a new weekly Vesper Price Index (VPI) benchmark for Crude Shea Butter (FOB Tema) from Ghana. This proprietary benchmark, exclusive to Vesper, provides a reliable, independent price reference for an increasingly strategic commodity in food manufacturing.
What's New:
Weekly VPI price benchmark for Crude Shea Butter
FOB Tema delivery basis from Ghana—the world's largest shea butter exporting country
Full integration with existing oils & fats dashboards and pricing tools
Why It Matters: As cocoa prices continue to surge, we've seen increased demand from our user base for alternatives like Shea Butter, which has emerged as a critical cost-effective substitute for cocoa butter. This exclusive VPI benchmark responds directly to user feedback, delivering essential price transparency for those seeking different compositions to limit the effects of cocoa volatility on end product applications. Having Vesper's independent benchmark helps verify supplier pricing and supports more confident negotiations during this period of volatility in cocoa markets.
How to Use It:
Find the new Shea Butter (Crude) benchmark in the pricing widgets section
Add it to the price comparison widget for side-by-side analysis with cocoa butter prices
Incorporate this benchmark into your custom cost models to evaluate how chocolate formulation costs change when substituting with shea butter
Monitor weekly updates to identify emerging trends and optimize buying decisions
Related Features: This benchmark complements Vesper's existing offerings:
Cocoa butter price benchmarks
Vegetable oil price benchmarks
Cost modeling for ingredient substitution analysis
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Launching supplementary bi-weekly cocoa highlights from Vesper's in-house analytical team, complementing the regular market commentary from independent expert Martijn Bron. These additional reports focus on technical analysis, derivative pricing, and weather insights to support decision-making during unprecedented market volatility.
Why it Matters: With cocoa prices at historic highs, procurement teams need comprehensive market coverage. Our in-house analytical team now provides targeted analysis on alternate weeks to Martijn Bron's expert commentary, combining deep technical analysis with veteran market insights during this volatile period.
What's New:
Bi-weekly analysis from Vesper's analytical team focusing on:
Technical market indicators
Derivative pricing trends
Weather impact assessment
Supply chain disruptions
Cocoa coverage schedule:
Martijn Bron's expert market commentary
Alternating with Vesper's analytical team reports
CRA Cocoa weather reports published frequently
How to Use It:
Access Cocoa Highlights in the Market Analysis section on Vesper or the mobile app
Set up notifications to be alerted of any new releases
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Launched comprehensive news coverage for meat and poultry markets, powered by custom machine learning models that filter and analyze global news sources to deliver relevant, real-time market intelligence.
Why it Matters: Staying ahead in volatile meat and poultry markets requires more than price data. Our data science team has developed specialized models that scan thousands of global news sources, filtering out noise to deliver only relevant market intelligence—giving you the full context needed.
What's New:
Live news feed powered by custom ML models that:
Track thousands of global news sources
Filter for market-moving events
Identify relevant industry trends
Deliver real-time updates
Coverage across all major meat and poultry categories
How to Use It:
Access the Meat & Poultry tab in your news section
Set up notifications for news keywords to keep updated on relevant headlines
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Added daily Brazilian public prices from Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA), Brazil's leading agricultural economics institute, expanding our coverage of key food commodities with local market data.
Why it Matters: Brazil is a major global producer and price setter for multiple food commodities. Direct access to daily IEA data provides unprecedented visibility into local market dynamics, helping procurement teams better understand price movements at origin and optimize sourcing strategies.
What's New:
Daily price updates across multiple categories:
Meat & Poultry: Chicken cuts (breast fillet, thigh, leg quarters), Pork cuts (loin, steak), Beef cuts (ribeye, round eye, brisket)
Nuts & Seeds: Peanuts in shell
Vegetables: Garlic (violet, violet size 0.7)
Key features:
Daily frequency updates
4 years of historical data
Local market prices from São Paulo state
Original source data direct from IEA
How to Use It:
Access Brazilian benchmarks in the Prices widgets by searching for the product name or filtering by BR-IEA source
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Enhanced S&D Map visualization now provides Year-to-Date (YTD) comparisons across regions, enabling instant visual insights into global production, import/export, and stock trends and regional shifts.
Why it Matters:"If I were interested to see where growth in EU milk production is happening, this would really quickly show me that it is not happening in Ireland, Netherlands or France. It's great for presentations, as not having to click through all countries at the same time makes it ideal for regions or groups of countries."
Jasper Endlich, Dairy Market Analyst
How to Use It:
Find the World Map Widget in the S&D category
Select your metric and timeframe of interest
Compare countries and spot regional trends through color coding
Export directly into presentations or add to your custom dashboards
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Expanded sugar price coverage with new country-specific Vesper Price Indices for Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Spain, complementing our regional EU benchmarks. All benchmarks are updated weekly and remain DAP (Delivered at Place) derived from actual market participants aiding price discovery.
Why it Matters: National sugar markets have distinct dynamics driven by local production, trade flows, and supply-demand factors. While regional benchmarks provide essential context, country-level visibility enables more precise procurement strategies, especially in deficit markets like Spain that rely heavily on imports.
What's New:
Weekly white sugar benchmarks (ICUMSA 45) for:
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Spain
Delivery basis: DAP (Delivered at Place)
Weekly updates every Wednesday
How to Use It:
Access Sugar benchmarks in the Prices widgets by searching for ‘white sugar‘
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