On 2026-09-05, the average advice price for 1 litre of Euro95 petrol in the Netherlands rose by nearly 1 cent to €2.712 per litre, according to consumer advantage platform UnitedConsumers, surpassing the record set in May 2026. ^[1] US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Friday that once the war with Iran is over, he expects the oil price to fall sharply because the oil market will then become heavily oversupplied, possibly seeing crude at $40 or $50 a barrel. ^[2] Hans van Doorn, Johan Kos, and Bert van Tol established the Taste Discovery Centre to support companies in the agricultural, fruit, and vegetable (AGF) sector with objective taste measurement. ^[3] Oil prices have been higher for months in the Netherlands and globally because of the Iran war, and this week saw new attacks between the United States and Iran, with oil companies profiting from the higher prices and booking much higher profits. ^[4] The diesel advice price remained stable in the Netherlands on 2026-09-05 at €2.681 per litre, still more than 10 cents below the highest diesel price ever of €2.819 per litre reached on 2026-04-08. ^[5] Hans van Doorn observed that aroma characteristics often go unmeasured during taste profiling, even though they matter to roughly half of consumers. ^[6] The founders assert that taste characteristics in all AGF crops are linked to and predictable from the crop's DNA composition, allowing for targeted breeding. ^[7] The founders of the Taste Discovery Centre argue that traditional methods like taste panels and Brix measurements are insufficient for modern breeding and quality control. ^[8]