The Vesper Price Index (VPI)
An Independent Price Benchmark for Effortless Price Discovery
Designed for buyers, sellers, and traders to establish fair market prices, simplify negotiations, and enhance transparency for physically traded derivatives and niche agricultural products.
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Our Users
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Uncharted Markets
By incorporating actual traded spot prices for rare and niche products, the Vesper Price Index ensures that even the most elusive markets are represented accurately.
Peer sourced
Inputs from the Vesper community of buyers, brokers, traders, and sellers ensure a well-balanced range of data, making the index truly representative of the market.
Frequently Updated
Updated multiple times daily or weekly, the index reflects the latest market dynamics, providing timely and accurate pricing for confident decision-making.
Why VPI
Simplify Your Price Discovery Process
Many publicly available benchmarks are outdated or fail to reflect fair market prices due to flawed methodologies or delayed updates. Instead of juggling inconsistent quotes or wasting time contacting multiple sources, rely on the Vesper Price Index, an independent and reliable benchmark with up-to-date pricing data.
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Coverage
A Complete and Transparent Market View
Gain transparency in agricultural products and markets where benchmarks are either nonexistent or fail to reflect the true market, like those of WPC80, Mozzarella, Caseinates, MPC, or Creatine. Vesper ensures comprehensive market coverage, even for products with no established benchmarks or outdated ones that don't match users' buying needs.
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Negotiation
Negotiate Fair and Efficient Deals
Can you rely on the information provided by the counterparty in a transaction? Too much trust might lead to suboptimal results, while lack of trust can result in long, unpleasant negotiations. Rely instead on independently validated prices. Vesper's widely used and established price benchmark lets you negotiate efficiently and confidently.
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Methodology
Make Decisions with Confidence
The Vesper Price Index is built on a rigorous methodology that ensures accuracy and reliability. By gathering peer-sourced inputs from a diverse range of trusted market participants and validating data through active quality assurance, the VPI provides market-representative prices, empowering you to make well-informed decisions with confidence.
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What we track
Coverage across 20+ commodity markets
20,000+ price series across every major ingredient and material category. If your team buys it, Vesper likely benchmarks it.
Grains & oilseeds
Soft commodities
Industrial & inputs
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Vesper Price Index (VPI)?
The Vesper Price Index is an independent price benchmark sourced from buyers, brokers, traders, and sellers in the market. It is designed for niche or thinly traded agricultural products where no established benchmark exists, or where existing benchmarks are outdated or unrepresentative.
Which products does the VPI cover?
The VPI covers products across dairy, oils & fats, food ingredients, sugar, grains & feed, nuts and cocoa, with particular strength in niche products like WPC80, Mozzarella, MPC, Caseinates, Creatine, Lecithin, Egg white powder, and Husked coconut.
How often is the VPI updated?
Update frequency depends on the product. Some indices update up to 8 times per day, others daily, weekly, or biweekly. Each VPI series shows its own cadence on the platform so you always know how fresh the data is.
How is the VPI different from public benchmarks?
Public benchmarks often rely on a small panel or a single methodology that can lag the market or miss niche segments. The VPI uses peer-sourced inputs from a wide range of market participants and active quality assurance to deliver market-representative prices for products where public benchmarks are unreliable or simply do not exist.
Can I use the VPI in contract negotiations?
Yes. The VPI is built to be an independent, defensible reference point in negotiations. Buyers use it to validate supplier quotes; sellers use it to justify pricing; traders use it as a benchmark for derivative pricing and physical deals.