Truffle Pasta Could Get More Expensive, Here's Why

Did you know we are facing a global shortage of truffles?

calls it “The Great White Truffle Crisis of 2021”. Consequently, prices for the luxury ingredient have soared, making it, and plates of white truffle pasta, more expensive.

Of course, truffles have always been difficult to come by. Truffle only grows in the wild in certain parts of Italy and the Balkans and are notoriously pricey.reports that at food distributor Chefs Warehouse, white truffles currently cost around US$4,000 per pound. Truffle supplier Urbani Truffles is seeing prices around US$4,500 per pound and at luxury foods retailer Regalis Foods, prices have jumped to US$4,950 a pound for higher-end white truffles deemed “extra class”.

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