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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 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:
Access Cost Models through the main dashboard menu
Choose between starting with a template or building a model from scratch
Select ingredients from your available commodities and assign precise weightings
Add country-specific non-ingredient costs by selecting your industry and location
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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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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Summary: Vesper has expanded our biodiesel ticket coverage to include additional markets and vintages. This enhancement provides greater visibility into renewable energy certificate costs used for regulatory compliance across key European markets.
What's New:
Daily biodiesel ticket prices now covering three European markets:
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Germany
Coverage for both 2024 and 2025 vintages across all markets
Multiple certificate types reflecting different feedstock categories
Why It Matters: These certificates represent a critical cost component for regulatory compliance in the transport sector. By tracking prices across different markets and vintages, users can better understand compliance costs, identify market trends, and develop more effective strategies in response to policy shifts and market dynamics.
How to Use It:
Find these prices in the prices widget in your dashboard
Search for specific certificates in the product dropdown
Use Vesper's analytical tools to compare prices across markets
Related Features: This expansion complements our existing biofuels coverage:
Regular Biodiesel Market Report with expert analysis
Comprehensive price coverage for biofuel products and feedstocks
Energy price benchmarks
Import/export/tradeflows for key biofuel products
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Whats New? Vesper is extending our AI-powered forecasting horizon from 6 to 12 months for select dairy, sugar, and oils commodities with established price histories (5+ years of data). This extended visibility enables procurement teams to move beyond tactical buying decisions to support annual budgeting and strategic planning.
Why it matters? Together with expert human analyst outlooks and comprehensive coverage of S&D/Fundamentals, the forecast powered by AI technology gives a comprehensive outlook on future market movements. The extended 12-month horizon allows users to incorporate forecasting into their decision making on more strategic timeframes.
As always, forecasting accuracy is transparently available on the platform for each individual product, allowing users to assess performance and incorporate it into decision-making.
How to Use It:
Access the forecast widgets directly on your custom dashboards (add through the search tool if needed)
If a product has a 12-Month forecast horizon, it will automatically be visible on your screen
Check forecast performance by choosing the 12-Month option in the accuracy dropdown
More products will be added to the extended range in the course of Q2
Related Features: This extended forecasting complements our existing forward-looking toolkit:
Forward pricing up to 16 months ahead in the Forward Pricing widgets
Expert analyst outlooks for both short and long-term market perspectives
Fundamental market drivers dashboard for tracking supply and demand trends
These combined tools give procurement teams unprecedented visibility into future market movements for more confident strategic planning.
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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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We've launched two powerful features to help you navigate the platform more efficiently: Dashboard Search and Vesbot. Each serves a distinct purpose to help you find exactly what you need, when you need it.
Two simple ways to discover available data:
Direct product search
Search for specific products (e.g., "WPI", "Sugar", "Cocoa")
See all available data types for that product
Add relevant data directly to your dashboards
Category navigation
Browse through product categories
Select product within the category
Explore available data types
Both paths help you discover and organize the data you need in your dashboards.
Get instant answers about platform features
Learn how to use specific platform capabilities
Access platform support 24/7
Available through the help icon in the bottom right corner
Finding the right data and understanding how to use it are crucial for making timely decisions. Dashboard Search helps you quickly locate and organize market data, while Vesbot ensures you can instantly learn how to use platform features effectively.
When To Use Which?
Click the search bar above your workspaces
Enter what you're looking for (e.g., "WPI prices")
Add Country/region
Add relevant data directly to your dashboards or create a new one
Click the help icon in the bottom right corner
Type your question (e.g., "How do I compare prices between regions?")
Get immediate answers and guidance
Follow up with additional questions if needed
Left with questions? Our Support team is still available to help, just ask Vesbot to connect you.
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Product specifications
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Platform features and functionality
Need human assistance? Simply ask Vesbot to connect you with our Support team – it's that easy!
Find Vesbot in the platform's chat functionality by clicking the Help button in the bottom right of the screen.
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Summary: Added one-click average line functionality to price widgets, automatically adjusting to your selected time frame.
What's New:
Average line button in price widgets
Automatic calculation based on selected timeframe
Updates when time frame changes
Why It Matters: Quickly visualize price trends against historical averages to better understand market movements and support your decisions.
How to Use It:
Open any price widget
Click the Average line button at the top
Adjust time frame as needed in top right
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