Dairy Products and Alternatives

In 2024, changing consumer preferences driven by health and wellness trends, particularly amongst younger consumers, continue to fuel stable demand for yoghurt and sour milk products in Slovenia. These products remain highly compatible with the needs…

Modern consumers in Slovenia are increasingly health-conscious, with many following vegetarian or vegan lifestyles and seeking non-dairy alternatives for daily consumption in 2024. Concerns about animal welfare and reducing animal suffering are key…

Innovation and frequent new product launches remain key characteristics of the dynamic other dairy category in Slovenia in 2024. These factors, combined with a growing focus on convenience, are driving stable consumer demand. The category continues…

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the dairy industry in Slovenia encountered significant challenges, including rising production and energy costs, as well as supply chain disruptions. These disruptions affected the availability of raw…

Despite ongoing economic challenges, dairy products and alternatives, as a product area, continues to perform stably in Slovenia in 2024. Inflation has subsided due to lower energy costs and the stabilisation of food prices. However, the price…

Cheese continues to witness stable consumer demand in Slovenia in 2024, bolstered by its versatility as both a staple food and an increasingly popular snacking option. Many cheese connoisseurs and health-conscious consumers, particularly those…

Butter and cooking fats in Slovenia continue to experience a decline in retail volume terms in 2024, as consumer demand diminishes in response to growing health concerns surrounding saturated fat consumption. Saturated fats have been the subject of…

While demographic factors do not favour the baby food category, there is a growing consumer focus on organic baby food in Slovenia in 2024, which has resulted in increased premiumisation within the category. An increasing number of consumers are…

Yoghurt and sour milk products in Sweden are seeing a marginal decline in terms of retail volume sales in 2024, prompting players to focus more on driving value sales. However, the overall category is struggling with retail current value sales as…

Retail volume sales of yoghurt and sour milk products in Kenya are projected to maintain a moderate growth trajectory in 2024. This performance is set to feature stable growth for the dominant category, yoghurt, and a rebound for sour milk products.…

Yoghurt and sour milk products in Canada is projected to continue to register moderate retail volume and fast retail current growth in 2024. Compared to 2023, retail volume growth is set to be marginally higher, while retail current value growth is…

Plant-based offerings within dairy products and alternatives in Sweden continue to do well in 2024, despite falling sales, having expanded from a small niche to much broader ranges and varieties over the years. According to studies, the majority of…

Overall, plant-based dairy in Canada is projected to see stronger retail volume and current value growth in 2024, compared with 2023. The category gains momentum as the country witnesses healthy growth in the vegan and vegetarian populations. While…

Other dairy in Sweden continues to face intensifying competition from trendy plant-based dairy options in 2024, with regular new launches from the latter increasingly attracting consumer attention. Private label players are adding to the burden for…

Retail volume and value sales of other dairy in Kenya remain very low at the end of the review period. Growth is expected to be healthy over 2024, from a low base, although cream remains the category within other dairy to register significant retail,…

Other dairy in Canada is projected to see a mixed performance in 2024. While some categories, such as cream and coffee whiteners, are expected to post healthy retail volume growth, others, such as condensed and evaporated milk and shelf stable…

Drinking milk products in Sweden is facing maturity in 2024. Further, the category is dealing with intensified competition from plant-based milks, with the latter seeing sales driven by novelty value, innovation and rising environmental…

Amid soaring prices, drinking milk products in Kenya have been undermined by a strong drop in milk consumption since 2022. For example, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) reported a decline in milk consumption between January and June…

Overall, drinking milk products in Canada is projected to register a further decline in retail volume and current value sales in 2024. While there are bright spots in growth terms within the category, most notably dairy only flavoured milk drinks,…

Tanzania’s dairy products and alternatives continues to benefit from government investment in local dairy production and the raising of import taxes. The country’s large, affluent middle class underpins demand for more expensive value-added dairy…