Extreme weather events, geopolitical conflict, high input costs and increased demand all contributed to these spikes, experts told Carbon Brief in June.
The impact of these events varies depending on the type of food – olive oil, orange juice and other common supermarket items are now more expensive, for example, whereas grains have dropped in price compared to the start of this year.
This price volatility is “likely to be an increasingly common feature of our highly integrated global food systems”, Prof Elizabeth Robinson, director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, told Carbon Brief earlier this year.
Food inflation has even featured in the US presidential election campaign, with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris proposing to ban “price gouging” on groceries by corporations.
Carbon Brief has produced five charts – each focused on a specific area – to show how climate change can impact food production and price.