The average cost of making pancakes for Maslenitsa has increased by 17%

Based on sales statistics in February 2023 and February 2024 (the company has more than 950,000 smart terminals activated in the country), experts estimated the average price of products used to make pancakes. The cost of preparing a serving was calculated according to the recipe: one liter of MILK, 300 grams of wheat FLOUR, four eggs , 40 milliliters of sunflower oil, 50 grams of SUGAR, five grams of SALT and yeast.

"The cost of making pancakes at home is 183 rubles. On average, pancakes will be cheapest in Stavropol Krai - only 119 rubles," the materials say.

Baking pancakes will cost the most for residents of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - 253 rubles per serving, and Khabarovsk Krai - 233 rubles. The capital cities are not far behind — Muscovites will have to spend 227 rubles on products for one serving of pancakes, while St. Petersburg residents will have to spend 201 rubles . For residents of the Krasnodar Territory, a stack of pancakes will cost 186 rubles, while in the Krasnoyarsk Territory it will cost almost the same, 185 rubles. The cost of pancakes is even lower in the Samara and Voronezh Regions — 178 rubles, in the Kaliningrad Region (168 rubles) and the Sverdlovsk Region (154 rubles). The

company estimated the annual increase in Russians' expenses for preparing the Maslenitsa treat at 17%: the main contribution was made by eggs (they went up in price by 1.5 times), while the other ingredients in the recipe increased in cost less ( milk  — 7%, sugar  — 4%, yeast — 3%, flour and sunflower oil  — 2%, salt  — unchanged). The company also reminded about the usual additives - honey and sour cream: the growth in spending on their purchase in February was 8% year-on-year. At the same time, the redCaviar  , another traditional filling, has become noticeably cheaper: according to data from the fiscal data operator OFD Platform, red caviar in RUSSIA is sold 6% cheaper in the run-up to Maslenitsa.

Maslenitsa week will last from March 11 to 17 this year.