Yes indeed !
And one of the top veg ingredient in few years will be
almost out of reach .
A great source of stearic acid...
From wikipedia:
(...)Fats and oils rich in stearic acid are more abundant in animal fat (up to 30%) than in vegetable fat (typically <5%). The important exceptions are the foods cocoa butter (34%)[12] and shea butter, where the stearic acid content (as a triglyceride) is 28–45%.[13](...)
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Cocoa butter is becoming increasingly costly.[13][citation needed] Substitutes have been designed to use as alternatives. In the United States, 100% cocoa butter must be used for the product to be called chocolate. The EU requires that alternative fats not exceed 5% of the total fat content.[11](...)
Cocoa butter will be quite expensive in the years to come .
