The Middle East Oil Crisis Just Reached Japan's Snack Aisle and Wasabeef Is First to Go

Fonte: International Business Times

Japanese snack Geopolitical crises tend to travel through the news cycle as abstractions: oil prices, shipping routes, diplomatic statements. Then a story arrives that makes the stakes immediate. On March 17, 2026, Japanese snack maker Yamayoshi Seika announced it had suspended production of six products, including its iconic Wasabeef potato chips, because it could no longer secure the heavy oil needed to run the factory boilers.