Vesper  Updates

New: Deselect All Button

by Vesper Team, Product Marketing
Improvement
New
Vesper Toolbox

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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Technical Analysis: Interpretable and actionable for all food commodity products

by Vesper Team
New
Vesper Toolbox
Forecasting & Outlook

Summary: Vesper has launched Technical Analysis, a new forward-looking capability that translates complex market behavior into clear, actionable timing signals. Previously reserved for trading experts using specialized tools, technical analysis is now accessible to every procurement professional through simple, visual indicators. This feature helps teams identify optimal buying windows by analyzing price patterns and momentum, delivering straightforward signals that answer the critical question: "When should I act?"—no financial expertise required.

What's New:

  • Three procurement-focused indicators that signal market timing without financial jargon

  • Moving Averages show if prices are trending above or below "normal" levels

  • MACD detects when price movements are accelerating or losing steam

  • RSI identifies when markets are overheated or oversold, highlighting potential reversals

  • Clean visual signals (green/red arrows + Interpreted text) that make complex analysis instantly understandable

Why It Matters: Fundamental data tells you why prices should move, but not when the market will react. Technical Analysis bridges this gap by revealing when markets start believing the fundamental story. In volatile markets where timing can mean the difference between saving and losing on purchases in volatile markets. These indicators help procurement teams spot early trend changes, identify optimal entry points, and avoid buying at market extremes, without requiring trading expertise.

How to Use It:

  1. Add Technical Analysis to any dashboard by using the search function

  2. View the summary panel showing all three indicators at a glance

  3. Green arrows indicate upward pressure/momentum, red indicates downward

  4. Click the extended view for in depth analysis of the indicators

  5. Combine with Vesper's other forward-looking tools for complete forward looking intelligence

Related Features: Technical Analysis completes Vesper's forward-looking toolkit:

  • AI Forecasting predicts where prices are headed (the "how much")

  • Dashboard fundamentals explain market drivers (the "why")

  • Market reports provide expert context

  • Now Technical Analysis reveals entry point (the "when")

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New Market Analysis Meat & Poultry

by Vesper Team
New
Meat & Poultry
Market Analysis

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 Beef, Pork, and Lamb Prices

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Food Manufacturing
Meat & Poultry

What's New

  • 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

How to use in Vesper:
Prices Widget

  • 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

Cost Models

  • 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

Price Comparison

  • Compare meat prices against other commodity products

  • Identify correlations and patterns between different protein markets

Getting Started

The new meat price series are immediately to users with Meats&Poultry in their commodity package. To begin using this data:

  1. Use the Prices Widget to explore individual price series

  2. Use the Price Comparison to analyze relationships between meat and other commodities

  3. Access Cost Models to incorporate the new data into your custom analyses

Questions or Support

For questions about the new meat price series or assistance with implementation, please contact our support team at: [email protected]

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New Weekly Market Analysis: Coffee Report

by Vesper Team
New
Beverages
Market Analysis

Summary: Vesper is excited to announce the launch of a new weekly market analysis report focused exclusively on coffee. This report, authored by industry leader Sucafina, will provide in-depth insights and timely updates on the global coffee market.

What's New:

  • Dedicated Coffee Market Analysis: A specialized weekly report offering expert analysis of the coffee market.

  • Expert Author: Authored by Sucafina, the leading sustainable Farm to Roaster coffee company with a rich history in commodities since 1905.

  • Frequency: Delivered weekly to keep you informed of the latest market movements.

  • Release Schedule: Available every Tuesday afternoon.

Why It Matters:

Coffee is a critical commodity for many of our users, and this new dedicated report will provide invaluable, focused intelligence. By partnering with Sucafina, we're bringing you expert perspectives and analysis to help you:

  • Understand current market dynamics and trends.

  • Anticipate potential shifts in supply, demand, and pricing.

  • Make more informed purchasing and trading decisions.

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the factors influencing the coffee industry, from farm to roaster.

How to Use It:

  • Access the new Coffee Market Analysis report in the Market Analysis section of the Vesper platform.

  • Look for the report updates every Tuesday afternoon.

  • Consider setting up alerts to be notified when the new report is published.

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Cost Models: Turn commodity benchmarks into product pricing

by Vesper Team
New
Food Manufacturing
Retail
Cost Models

Summary: Vesper has launched Cost Models, a powerful new feature that transforms individual commodity benchmarks into complete product cost insights. This capability allows food manufacturers to combine weighted commodity benchmarks with standardized non-ingredient costs to build accurate product pricing models, delivering unprecedented visibility into true product economics.

What's New:

  • Build complete product cost models by combining multiple commodity benchmarks with precise weightings

  • Access industry-standard non-ingredient costs (labor, manufacturing, overhead) specific to your region

  • Choose from our template library for common food products or create custom models

  • Track how each component contributes to your total product cost with automatic updates whenever source prices change

Why It Matters: With record-high volatility across food commodities, understanding how ingredient changes impact finished products is critical for maintaining margins. Cost Models provide complete cost structure visibility for your entire organization: procurement teams can verify supplier price increases, finance can track margin impacts across product portfolios, and sales teams can justify price adjustments to customers with independently verified data. Non-ingredient costs can represent up to 47% of total product costs—a critical component that's now visible alongside your commodity benchmarks.

How to Use It:

  1. Access Cost Models through the main dashboard menu

  2. Choose between starting with a template or building a model from scratch

  3. Select ingredients from your available commodities and assign precise weightings

  4. Add country-specific non-ingredient costs by selecting your industry and location

  5. Save your model to track cost evolution over time as prices update automatically

Related Features: Cost Models integrates seamlessly with Vesper's existing capabilities:

  • Individual commodity price benchmarks (VPI, Partner prices, and Public benchmarks found in prices widgets)

  • Incorporate into your own custom dashboards

  • Coming in Q3 2025: Forecasting capabilities for your cost models

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Custom Units Per Widget

by Vesper Team
New
Vesper Toolbox

Summary: Vesper has enhanced dashboard customization with the ability to set unique currency and unit preferences for each individual widget. This highly requested feature allows users to display multiple markets with different measurement standards side by side in their most relevant formats.

What's New:

  • Individual currency and unit settings for each widget

  • Widget-specific customization that persists independently of general settings

Why It Matters: Markets operate with different standards across regions and commodities. This enhancement eliminates the need to constantly toggle between general unit settings when analyzing diverse markets simultaneously. Users can now create truly customized multi-market dashboards that present each data series in its most relevant format.

How to Use It:

  1. Click the currency switcher in the top right of any widget

  2. Select your preferred currency and units for that specific widget

  3. Use the three dot widget menu to duplicate widgets as needed to select price sources in different currencies in the same dashboard

  4. Note that the general unit selector still functions but won't override your customized widgets

Related Features: This update complements other dashboard customization capabilities:

  • Custom dashboard creation

  • Analytical toolbox for cross-commodity comparison

  • One-click correlations checks

  • Exportable charts for reporting

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Expanded Cocoa Market Coverage

by Vesper Team
New
Cocoa
Chocolate, Confectionery & Ice Cream
Market Analysis

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:

  1. Access Cocoa Highlights in the Market Analysis section on Vesper or the mobile app

  2. Set up notifications to be alerted of any new releases

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Introducting Brazilian Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA) Source

by Vesper Team
New
Data
Nuts, Seeds & Dried Fruits
Meat & Poultry
Vegetables & Pulses

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:

  1. Access Brazilian benchmarks in the Prices widgets by searching for the product name or filtering by BR-IEA source

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