Guacamole might cost a bit extra at Chipotle, but you know that you'll never mind spending a little more to have it, right? But what if it's not available at all?
Well, it turns out that guacamole might in fact not be available at all thanks to climate change, UK MailOnline reported.
Due to the rising prices of avocados, the Denver, Colorado-based chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants threatened to take the condiment off the menu.
According to UK MailOnline, while the avocado crop is currently fine, over the next 32 years, drier temperatures will lead to a 40 per cent drop in California's avocado crop, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are predicting.
Most modern scientists agree that there is a direct correlation between the increase of droughts and global warming, according to Think Progress.
"Increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients," the chain wrote in their annual report released last month.
"In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients."
Any increase in avocado prices impacts Chipotle, which uses an estimated 97,000 pounds of the fruit a day to make guacamole - adding up to 35.4million pounds of avocados a year, UK MailOnline reported.
Due to making a promise to its customers that their ingredients would come from organic, local and sustainable sources, Chipotle already suffers a more expensive cost than other chains.
Even if the avocado crop is somehow unaffected, there's always rising prices of the chain's other ingredients - such as beef - which could nudge the already-pricy guacamole off the menu.
Claiming that taking guacamole off their menu would hurt their business, the chain has made it clear that they wouldn't like to cancel the ingredient.
"Any such changes to our available menu may negatively impact our restaurant traffic and comparable restaurant sales, and could also have an adverse impact on our brand," the report read.
California might be the only state where the Chipotle restaurants might be affected by the guacamole disappearance right now, UK MailOnline reported.
Drought conditions are already hurting produce production in the region, and Chipotle sources its food from farms within 350 miles of where it will be served.
