Market research on the industry for dairy products and alternativ...
Market research on the industry for dairy products and alternatives. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, brand shares, distribution and industry trends.​ Insight and data cover baby food, butter and spreads, che...
The demand for drinking milk products in Germany is declining following certain shifts in consumer patterns. With an increasing number of local consumers adopting alternative diets, such as veganism or flexitarianism, the evolution of dietary…
2022 was a challenging year for milk production due to high price points. In particular, fodder got much more expensive, and livestock farmers could not feed their animals, leading to a higher proportion of being slaughtered. As a result, the number…
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…
The retail volume demand for drinking milk products in Hong Kong has gradually stabilised, subsequent to an unprecedented surge witnessed during the height of the pandemic, followed by a strong decline. Over the course of the pandemic, retail sales…
In November 2022, the government placed a price cap on selected basic food, and the regulation was extended until 30 June 2023. The 2.8% fat content UHT cow milk was among the food with frozen prices, leading to minimal single-digit growth for the…
In 2023, high inflation impacted the price of milk due to an increase in feed costs for cattle. This increased the procurement cost of milk, with major brands increasing the retail price per litre. However, demand for milk remained strong in 2023, as…
Growth in drinking milk, especially fresh milk, in Indonesia has been significantly supported by the rise of quick commerce. With their efficient delivery systems, quick commerce platforms such as Astro and Happy Fresh offer fast and reliable…
After steep increases in the price of milk amidst high inflation during 2022, 2023 saw milk prices in Ireland experience a notable decline. The average unit price of drinking milk products had reached unprecedented levels by the end of 2022 and a…
In September 2022, supervised milk prices saw a strong increase in Israel. Moreover, in May 2023, the price of milk was set to rise by 16%, but, days before the intended implementation of the increase, the Minister of Finance and Minister of…
In 2023, overall milk consumption is projected to see a slight increase in retail volume sales, led by goat milk, fat-free and semi skimmed shelf stable milk and fat-free fresh milk. However, fresh milk, overall, is set to continue to post a dip in…
In 2023, drinking milk products in Japan, which includes flavoured milk drinks, milk, and powder milk, is set to remain at almost the same level of sales as the previous year in current value terms. However, retail volumes are set to suffer a notable…
Drinking milk is expected to register moderate volume growth in 2023, partly supported by continuing population growth. In addition, prices are expected to stabilise, and this is also expected to support volume sales. Shelf stable milk continues to…
Drinking milk is expected to register double-digit current value growth, but minimal volume growth. Price rises have been significant, largely due to low milk production caused by drought conditions. In addition, a near ban on imports from Uganda has…
Cow's milk is facing stagnating sales in 2023 as demand continues to wane due to the price increases of 2022. Rising energy costs together with logistics and ingredient costs have forced manufacturers to raise average prices. The purchase price of…
2023 saw further fluctuations in the retail volume sales performance of drinking milk products in Lithuania as demand contracted after positive growth was recorded in 2022. This followed a negative retail volume performance in 2021 after positive…
Further retail volume and current value growth is expected across drinking milk products in 2023. The constant strong upward trajectory in the demand for drinking milk products through the review period, including the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis of…
The consumption of milk has decreased for the third year in a row in 2023. This is explained, in part, by the evolution of the demographics in the country. The population of children (aged 0 to 14 years old) has been declining consistently and this…
Due to the impact of adverse climatic conditions and the escalating cost of raw materials used in animal feed on the Moroccan dairy sector, struggling breeders were forced to cull dairy cows to offset losses and ensure survival. This led to a…
The dairy industry is one of the largest producers of carbon emissions in the world, so the onus is on this industry to be amongst the leaders in terms of climate action. To combat the impact of dairy farming on the environment, Fonterra and Nestlé…
Volume sales for drinking milk products decrease notably in 2023, albeit at a considerably slower rate than experienced in 2022 when the decline was much more pronounced. Nevertheless, the prevailing inflationary conditions continue to impact demand…
In 2023, increased fodder prices have driven up unit prices of locally sourced raw milk, as well as the price of domestic and regional drinking milk brands. Nonetheless, consumer demand remains stable due to the abundance of locally and regionally…
Drinking milk products overall continues to decline in Norway in 2023, with only flavoured milk drinks recording positive retail volume sales. Persistently negative growth is due to several factors, including a diminishing frequency of consumption…
The drinking milk category is faced with multiple challenges in 2023, in the shape of inflationary-led price hikes, expensive raw materials and high rates of taxes on packaged milk products. Pakistan is the fourth largest milk-producing country in…
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…
In 2023, dairy producers in Poland employed innovative marketing campaigns to stimulate the sales of drinking milk products. The Dairy Cooperative Piatnica (OSM Piatnica) launched a notable campaign promoting its fresh milk, distinguished by its…
Milk producers continued to struggle with high production costs in 2023. The main factors contributing to this trend were rising energy and transport prices and adverse weather conditions, with the country having suffered a severe drought during the…
In an overarching cross-category trend, drinking milk products is seeing value growth supported by high unit prices driven by costs, alongside volume slumping in a price-sensitive environment. Indeed, unit prices at shelf level have been driven up by…
Fresh milk is seeing a revival in volume sales in 2023 following a decline in the previous year due to the high rate of inflation and the increasing cost of living, which put pressure on consumers. In 2023, however, sales are witnessing healthy…
Milk production in Serbia is facing significant challenges in 2023. The decrease in the production of raw milk has led to a shortage of milk on retail shelves since the third quarter of 2022, with several Serbian regions facing a shortage of raw…
In Singapore, inflation has been on the rise in milk, primarily due to global supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, dairy farmers are struggling to meet the growing demand for milk, leading to higher prices for…
Drinking milk products in Slovakia saw a sluggish performance in retail volume terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. This was partly due to high raw milk and energy costs, which had a negative impact on retail prices. This led to…
Shelf-stable milk is growing at a faster rate than fresh milk. Driven by hectic lifestyles and limited time, consumers are increasingly opting to buy milk in bulk that they can keep on their shelves at home until it is consumed thanks to its longer…
As the prices of food have been soaring, retailers are focused on bringing consumers the lowest prices possible for essential products such as drinking milk products. This means that farmers and producers do not really have much room to increase…
In 2023, drinking milk products in South Korea is expected to continue to thrive in current value terms, building on the positive growth seen in the previous year. However, this growth trajectory varies significantly at the category level, and the…
In 2022 inflation, which was exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and a national transportation strike, negatively affected per capita milk consumption in Spain. As such, sales of milk saw a decline in retail volume terms in 2022. Moreover, a…
Drinking milk products in Sweden witness relative stability in 2023. Nonetheless, cow's milk consumption continues to drop as plant-based milks, new launches, and strong marketing allure consumers away. In addition, Swedes are often eating out,…
Consumption of drinking milk products had gone down for several years in Switzerland over the review period.
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…
Milk is one of the products in dairy which has been strongly affected by associative price hikes seen in raw materials and ingredients, labour, and logistics. Therefore, a number of players were forced to increase their prices, whilst other kept…
The rising purchase price of milk over 2022, motivated farmers to increase production. This increase was reflected on the consumer's side, with retail milk volume increasing in 2022. This was partly the result of population increase, with almost half…
In 2023 in the Netherlands, overall retail volume sales for drinking milk products continue to decline. However, the rise in average unit prices has boosted overall value sales. Drinking milk products is now a mature category, which goes some way to…
Drinking milk products represented the largest category within dairy products and alternatives, having accounted for more than 40% of retail volume sales in 2023. The market is characterised by the strong appeal of shelf stable milk, largely due to…
In 2022, the price of fresh milk increased significantly, and this has continued into 2023. This growth is primarily being driven by pressures of inflation at various levels, which is being seen globally as an impact of the pandemic and other…
The dairy industry was among the most severely impacted in 2022. The lingering impact of the pandemic, continued Brexit-related issues and most importantly, the start of the war in Ukraine, pushed up production costs with utilities, fertiliser, and…
In a cross-category trend, we are seeing unit price hikes supporting value sales in drinking milk products, while volume remains in a slump due to the same inflationary pressures. For most of the food industry, 2022 was a year of declining volumes…
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…
Over 2023, the average retail current unit price of drinking milk products is projected to a see triple-digit increase. This notable price surge can be primarily attributed to the substantial devaluation of the Turkish lira. The prices of raw milk…
When it comes to drinking milk products sales are dominated by cow’s milk. Cow’s milk has maintained relatively stable per capita consumption in Ukraine with it being a core basket product. The sharp drop in volume sales seen in 2022 was the result…
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…
Drinking milk is expected to register both healthy current value and volume growth, with a growing population supporting volume sales. While inflation is still high, it is easing. Shelf stable continues to account for most volumes sales through…