Dubai’s chocolate trend disturbs pistachio supply chains worldwide
Listen to the article A viral chocolate bar coming from Dubai has caused a global lack of pistachios, causing prices to rise and pressure on confectionery supply chains worldwide. The product cannot get its Knafeh, created by the Fix dessert Chocolatir, a brand based on the United Arab Emirates founded by British-Egyptian businessman Sarah Hamouda and her husband Yezen Alani. It started in 2021 and inspired by Hamouda’s pregnancy cravings, the chocolate bar combines milk chocolate, Kataifi pastry and a stuffed pistachio cream, citing the popular Desert Knafeh of the Middle East. While initially a specialized element, the bar became
