FAO Food Price Index edges up in September on higher sugar, cereal and vegetable oil prices

8 October 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization released its Food Price Index for September 2026 on 2 October 2026.
The index averaged 136.0 points, up 2.0 points or 1.5 per cent from the revised August level.
It stood 7.4 points, or 5.8 per cent, above its level a year earlier and 24.3 points, or 15.1 per cent, below its March 2022 peak.
The cereal price index rose 5.1 per cent to 122.8 points and the vegetable oil index rose 0.9 per cent to 198.6 points.
The sugar index rose 6.1 per cent to 114.0 points, its third straight monthly rise and its highest level since April 2025.
The meat index fell 1.1 per cent to 127.9 points and the dairy index slipped 0.1 per cent to 119.1 points.