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Shortage of butter chills France's patisserie-loving soul
Supermarket shelves have been emptied of the golden ambrosia, while worried bakers fear a "croissant crisis" as prices spiral
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Paris
THERE can arguably be no greater threat to the French way of life than a lack of butter.
For months France has been gripped by a slow-burning panic that it is running out of the golden ambrosia, which is the base of croissants and pains au chocolat as well as the whole mouth-watering panoply of French patisseries.
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