Some netizens broke the news that Orion only implemented price increases for China and Russia, and at the same time, the ingredient list was also different from the foreign version. In response, Orion’s official Weibo responded that the price of Orion products in China has remained stable in recent years. With the sharp rise in raw material prices, the price of some pie products that were more affected was only adjusted in September last year.
In addition, in response to the dispute over the “double standard” of ingredients, Orion said that the main ingredients of Orion Pie are globally consistent, and the dispute is caused by the inaccurate expression of the ingredient list of overseas products translated by the translation software.
On the evening of March 1, “Orion price increase” appeared on Weibo’s hot search. Earlier, some netizens said that Orion announced that it will only increase the price of its products in Russia and China, and other countries will not increase prices to offset the rising cost of its raw materials. The revelations also claimed that Orion has a problem of double-standard of ingredients, using cocoa butter in its Chinese products, but “cocoa powder” in the foreign version of the ingredient list.
The reporter found that Orion’s price adjustment in China can be traced back to September last year, involving some pie products (Orion Pie, Q-Ti, Coco Pie), other pie products and biscuits, puffing, candy and other categories of products were not adjusted. Orion said at the time that the price adjustment was its first in 11 years.
Regarding the price adjustment, Orion official Weibo issued a statement saying that the Chinese prices of Orion products have remained stable in recent years. Prices for products such as puffing, biscuits, and candy remained unchanged. All product prices have not been adjusted since September last year. It should be noted that different countries are affected by the rising cost of raw materials and labor differently, and the price adjustment cycle is also different. In recent years, Orion has made small price adjustments in other countries, and the company has insisted on them for some time, and the decision to adjust prices was made last year only after multiple evaluations.
In response to the “double standard” of the ingredient list, Orion responded that the main ingredients of Orion Pie are globally consistent, and there is no double standard problem. The reason is that someone used translation software to translate the ingredient list of overseas products, and the translation result obtained is different from the Orion ingredient list produced in China. First of all, the translation software is not very accurate. In addition, the requirements and names of ingredient lists in different countries are different. This is a specialized field. Source