Higher prices of dairy products, almonds, pistachios and other ingredients are raising the cost of homemade sweets, packaged mithai and corporate Diwali hampers. Supply constraints and rising. Once milk prices rise, the increase gradually spills over into paneer, curd, ghee, sweets, tea, coffee and restaurant food. From El Niño effect to a decline in growth of milk production, to FSSAI raids and GST cuts, there is a fats.