French dijon mustard supply hit by climate and rising costs, say producers

Poor seed harvests have led to empty shelves at supermarkets in France and global shortages

Climate change and rising costs are causing supermarkets in France to run out of dijon mustard, raising questions over whether the shortage could spread to other countries.

French mustard producers said seed production in 2021 was down 50% after poor harvests, which they said had been brought on by the changing climate in France's Burgundy region and Canada, the second largest mustard seed producer in the world.