Today's Food Prices in Indonesia (28/8): Cayenne Pepper Rises, Onions Fall
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Several food commodity prices in Indonesia today were observed higher compared to yesterday.
Based on data from the Ministry of Trade's Basic Needs Market Monitoring System (SP2KP Kemendag) on Friday, 28 August 2026 at 13.22 WIB: out of 16 commodities, 10 recorded price increases while 6 decreased.
Commodities that rose in price include broiler chicken meat, red cayenne pepper, premium rice, beef hindquarter, and curly red chili.
(Read: Global Food Prices Moderated Again in November 2022)
Meanwhile, commodities such as shallots, large red chili, Minyakita, premium packaged palm cooking oil, and Honan garlic recorded lower prices than the previous day.
Red cayenne pepper saw the largest increase at IDR 467 (0.76%) to IDR 61,900 per kg. Conversely, shallots dropped the sharpest by IDR 140 (0.42%) to IDR 33,518 per kg.
Below is the complete price list of 16 food commodities in Indonesia from SP2KP Kemendag as of 28 August 2026 13.22 WIB:
- Beef Hindquarter: IDR 143,221 / kg (0.0% increase)
- Red Cayenne Pepper: IDR 61,900 / kg (0.76% increase)
- Large Red Chili: IDR 43,247 / kg (0.18% decrease)
- Broiler Chicken Meat: IDR 41,186 / kg (0.16% increase)
- Curly Red Chili: IDR 41,175 / kg (0.28% increase)
- Honan Garlic: IDR 35,534 / kg (0.16% decrease)
- Shallots: IDR 33,518 / kg (0.42% decrease)
- Broiler Chicken Eggs: IDR 26,540 / kg (0.2% increase)
- Premium Packaged Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 22,502 / liter (0.03% decrease)
- Bulk Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 19,499 / liter (0.14% increase)
- Bulk Granulated Sugar: IDR 18,257 / kg (0.01% increase)
- Minyakita: IDR 15,897 / liter (0.01% decrease)
- Premium Rice: IDR 15,617 / kg (0.03% increase)
- Medium Rice: IDR 13,950 / kg (0.04% increase)
- Imported Soybeans: IDR 13,748 / kg (0.07% decrease)
- Wheat Flour: IDR 12,519 / kg (0.1% increase)
(Read: List of Rising Food Prices in Indonesia Early April 2026)
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Market Data
| Name | Value | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflasi yoy (Jul) | 2,88% | -0.46 | |
| Inflasi mom (Jul) | -0,14% | -0.58 | |
| Economic growth | 5,11% | +0.08 | |
| Pertumbuhan ekonomi (yoy) (Q1) | 5,61% | +4.08 | |
| Persentase kemiskinan (Mar) | 8,07% | -0.18 | |
| Gini rasio (Sem2) | 0,38 | 0.00 | |
| Nilai Tukar USDIDR | 17.691 | -0.34 | |
| PDB ADHK (Q1) | 3.447,70 | -0.77 | |
| Neraca perdagangan (Jun) | -450,50 | -72.02 | |
| Ekspor Migas (Jun) | 1,07 | +40.52 | |
| Impor Migas (Jun) | 4,56 | +0.96 | |
| Ekspor (Jun) | 25,46 | +9.72 | |
| Impor (Jun) | 25,91 | +4.41 | |
| Kunjungan Wisman (Mei) | 1,38 | +10.69 | |
| NTP (Jul) | 116,16 | +1.32 |