Dairy Products and Alternatives

Though milk power is losing ground to shelf stable UHT milk, it still accounts for most volume sales. Milk powder is an important dairy product for many Guatemalan families because it is affordable and offers a source of nutrition and also has a…

Although retail value sales of drinking milk products in Mexico continue to grow in 2024, the overall decline in consumption through the retail channel remains a prevalent trend. This is mainly due to the fact that the population aged between 0 and…

Shelf stable milk continues to benefit from the decline in consumption of evaporated milk. Consumers are increasingly switching to shelf stable milk, as it is healthier and the range is also increasing, in terms of packaging formats, as well as…

After a decline in supply in 2022, improved milk production is pushing retail volume sales back into growth in 2023. Conflict between the leader supplier Cooperativa Nacional de Productores de Leche (Conaprole) and trade unions reduced the supply of…

Chilled dairy desserts exhibited the weakest performance in retail volume terms within other dairy in Argentina in 2024. Given the fragile economic climate, chilled dairy desserts are considered non-essential by many Argentinians, who avoided buying…

The Bolivian market for other dairy, more specifically condensed and evaporated milk, continues to face significant challenges in 2024, primarily due to its heavy reliance on imports to meet domestic demand. Rising prices driven by increased…

With the ongoing disruptions in the global supply chain, the impact of rising prices on the Brazilian dairy production chain echoed through virtually all dairy categories in 2022, albeit at a much slower rate than seen in 2021. Production costs in…

Soprole, which continues to gain share in other dairy in Chile, rebranded its chilled dairy desserts line, Postres de la Abuela at the end of 2023, after receiving the Product of the Year Seal. Postres de la Abuela offers classic desserts such as…

The increase in milk prices has hit the other dairy category in Colombia, resulting in a slight decline in volume sales. Colombia’s dairy industry has been characterised by severe price increases in recent years, with products featuring milk as their…

While current value sales are expected to increase, volume sales are expected to register a decline, as continuing rising prices dampens volume sales somewhat. In particular, the largest product in terms of volume sales, that is condensed milk, drags…