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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFR01

Sugar and sugar substitutes

Prices for sugar and sugar substitutes fell 0.5% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.6% in the month.

12 months−0.5%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.6%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−1.5%seasonally adjusted
Index278.21982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026278.2−0.6%−0.5%
July 2026278.2+1.0%+0.5%
June 2026276.0−0.7%−1.1%
May 2026277.7−0.1%−0.8%
April 2026275.5+1.6%+0.7%
March 2026269.8−1.9%−0.5%
February 2026276.9−1.6%+1.7%
January 2026279.7+2.6%+3.0%
December 2025267.5+0.3%+0.6%
November 2025267.6—+0.5%
September 2025280.9+0.4%+2.9%
August 2025279.6+0.3%+2.6%
July 2025276.9−0.6%+2.5%
June 2025279.0−0.5%+3.1%
May 2025280.0+1.5%+3.5%
April 2025273.5+0.3%+1.7%
March 2025271.2+0.2%+2.2%
February 2025272.3−0.3%+1.8%
January 2025271.5+0.3%+2.7%
December 2024266.0+0.3%+2.8%
November 2024266.3+0.4%+3.3%
October 2024271.7+0.4%+1.9%
September 2024273.0+0.0%+3.3%
August 2024272.5+0.3%+3.6%
July 2024270.3−0.1%+3.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFR01 and CUSR0000SEFR01). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.