Name: Shaved ice treat prices go up owing to poor fruit harvest｜Taiwan News
Uploaded: 2025-06-03T06:52:23.000Z
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As a sweltering summer approaches, shops selling iced treats are crowded with customers.

A whole bowl of shaved ice topped with mango cubes.

condensed milk and syrups. This summer-only mango ice treat is a favorite of many customers.

This fruit and milk iced treat is also popular. Watermelons, banana, cantaloupe and so on are stacked, layer by layer, on shaved ice.

This is my first bowl of ice dessert this year.

The weather is getting warmer. I came here with some good friends.

It's very hot. We were going to Qijin and stopped on the way for a snack.

This well-known ice dessert shop is located in Kaohsiung's Gushan District.

The strawberry season has just ended and the mango season is about to begin.

However, owing to climate abnormalities, the timing of fruit harvests in many areas has been disrupted, fruit output has decreased and prices are higher.

Mango and fruit outputs are relatively low, which may raise our costs much more, about 40% to 50%.

It used to be NT$80 or NT$90, but now it's over NT$100.

Whatever, it seems like prices of everything have gone up.

It's not only mangoes that are expensive. Even sugar cane and various agricultural products have been affected.

Take a look at this ice dessert eatery that is famous for using sugarcane.

Take a large spoonful of sugarcane-flavored ice flakes, add taro paste, taro balls and other ingredients, just one spoonful and the summer heat will instantly disappear.

The staff grills red sugarcane with its skin on, then squeezes out the juice to make flakes.

The taste is crispy and full of sweetness, but even this dish has also been affected by the weather.

Our sugarcane prices have actually increased by about 30% from last year to now. The prices of taro and sweet potato balls have also increased by more than 10%.

Affected by cold fronts and large temperature swings, whether it's fruit or other agricultural products, many areas are harvesting less than is usual, and ice dessert sellers have been affected.

For all those people who enjoy these delicious snacks, you will inevitably have to fork out a little bit more this year.