Consumer Council released its latest specific price survey on milk powder. Survey result showed that prices of the 8 surveyed products recorded various price differences. The highest price difference recorded was nearly 50 percent and a Japanese brand recorded price increase of over 10 percent in many retail outlets.

Consumer Council collected prices of 8 brands of milk powder, mainly infant formulas for new born babies, from 28 retail outlets on 31st October. Price differences from the lowest 1.8 percent to the highest 49 percent were recorded in the current survey. In comparison with August’s figures, prices of ‘Snow Brand Smart Baby 1/900g’ in many retail spots had been raised while prices of other surveyed brands remained stable.

The specific price survey on milk powder is now available on Consumer Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) and in the Council’s ‘Supermarket Price Information Platform’ iPhone and Android apps.