After a devastating olive oil test: Edeka and Kaufland are withdrawing affected products from circulation. Experts see rising prices and increasingly poor quality as a result of climate change.

For example, in the test for fish fingers, just two out of 19 products achieved the grade “good’. For organic farming, heat stress can be managed more efficiently, according to an agricultural engineer. More and more growing areas are struggling with dried-out soils due to prolonged periods of drought. More warm springs and mild winters are to blame for increasingly poorvests.