Dairy Products and Alternatives

Austria is a country with a strong tradition of cheese-making, and the consumption of a wide range of cheese remains very popular in the country, leading cheese to account for the largest share of value sales within overall dairy products and…

Soft and hard cheese registered a positive current retail volume growth in 2022, with sales of soft cheese continuing performing better than hard. Rising consumer price sensitivity is set to see soft cheese volume sales outgrow hard cheese sales into…

Butter and spreads is benefitting from the resumption of tourism following the reopening of society after the pandemic years. Indeed, Thailand’s tourism trade is again booming, which positively impacts sales via foodservice channels. Many sales of…

In 2023, overall butter and spreads in South Korea is expected to continue to show positive growth in retail current value terms, although the growth rates vary across different categories. While inflation has contributed to the overall sales…

Butter and spreads is set to continue to record a decline in retail volume sales in 2023, due to normalisation of sales following a spike in 2020, when home seclusion during pandemic lockdowns promoted home cooking and baking. Following the lifting…

Butter is set to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, due to the impact of inflation, which has been driving up unit prices. The price of butter had been stable over the last few years, as many products, such as Meiji Hokkaido Butter, are locally…

The consumption of butter in Hong Kong experienced robust total volume growth following the initial pandemic disruption. Over the course of recent years, butter consumption in Hong Kong has been consistently influenced by a variety of lifestyle…

Butter and spreads witnessed dynamic price increases in 2022, driven by global price inflation and an increase in global demand. As a result, some grocery retailers decreased their profit margins in order to absorb some of these costs. Moving into…

Despite the recovery of pre-pandemic lifestyles, with Croatians returning to office workplaces and spending less time at home, margarine sales continue to decrease. In recent years, margarine has been labelled as a less healthy option than butter,…

Colombia is facing potential shortages in butter, as a large proportion of milk production is used to produce cheese, yogurt and drinking milk. Dairy producers have struggled to meet demand amid a shortage in milk, especially during the first…