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Inflation and the energy crisis have made oliebollen more expensive, but we haven’t stopped eating the delicacy. The Dutch are buying as many oliebollen this year as last year, Arend Kisteman of the Dutch Bread and Pastry Bakers Entrepreneurs Association (NBOV) argues against the ANP news agency.
Has a bakery in Zwolle. “We already sell a lot through online stores. But we don’t see a decrease in stores either, despite the weather being quite rainy and cold,” she says.
Kisteman expects to sell around 80,000 oliebollen before the end of the year. “People are used to the quality of a bakery or stall. So you don’t suddenly go and get your oliebollen for 40 cents at the supermarket.”
At least 10 cents more
Oliebollen are at least 10 cents more expensive this year than last year, he thinks. A ball of oil costs 1.15 euros in his pastry shop. In the Randstad, oil bulb prices are slightly higher.
Not only have energy prices risen, but raw materials have also become more expensive. A famous oliebollen baker in Rotterdam-West, Richard Vissersaw commodity prices rise sharply.
“Last year I paid 1.59 euros for a liter of oil. Now it’s 3.69 euros. You have to imagine that a pan holds 40 to 50 litres. It’s terribly expensive,” he says. Ingredients such as flour and powdered sugar have also become more expensive.
NBOV president Kisteman sees larger orders of 40 or 50 oliebollen arriving from the crown for the first time. They weren’t available last year due to lockdown.
