Dairy Products and Alternatives

During the first half of 2022, the high number of confirmed COVID-19 cases led to a significant portion of the population being under home isolation. This resulted in heightened demand for larger-sized drinking milk products, as well as shelf-stable…

Semi skimmed shelf stable milk experienced a significant decline in volume of 30% in 2022, largely due to the shortage of milk production by farmers and financial challenges. This decline has significantly impacted the Tunisian dairy sector, with…

Cream was negatively impacted by the national strike in 2022 as many players in the category do not offer shelf stable presentations and therefore cannot have large inventories. This made them the first products to run out when there was a shortage.…

Other dairy is expected to register double-digit current value growth, but much more muted volume growth. Kazakhstan has strong trade links with Russia in particular and its war in Ukraine is negatively impacting the Kazak economy and leading to high…

Other dairy registered static retail volume growth in 2023 as reasonably consistent demand was seen in the most important other dairy categories of cream, fromage frais and quark and chilled snacks, where the traditional product sureliai holds sway.…

Other dairy is seeing value growth driven by price hikes associated with elevated costs, while volume is in a slump due to consumers’ weakened purchasing power in the inflationary context. Cream is the most important subcategory in other dairy, thus…

The return to pre-pandemic lifestyles is encouraging on-the-go consumption of other dairy products. Retail volume sales of chilled dairy desserts and chilled snacks are both benefitting from this trend, since they are considered good snacking…

Other dairy registered relatively modest growth in retail volume terms in 2023, following the declines of the previous two years. High unit prices, combined with a slowly recovering foodservice industry, following the easing of pandemic restrictions,…

The unit prices in the other dairy category have experienced price hikes, due to inflation and increased production costs. In addition, sales have fallen back into the pre-pandemic area, as consumption habits normalised and Swedes ventured back into…

Much like butter and cheese, the volume demand for other dairy products also experienced a decline starting from the second half of 2022. As people grew more comfortable with dining out, the demand for cooking and baking ingredients decreased…