We won’t know until Friday whether U.S. per-capita dairy consumption will climb for the eighth time in eight years, but preliminary data shows butter and cheese consumption set records in 2021. That’s not surprising.
Courtesy infographic.
Courtesy infographic.
Butter and cheese have been Old Reliables for a decade, with neither ever seeing consumption fall. Their increased popularity has countered reductions in fluid-milk consumption (an erroneous stereotype anti-dairy activists use to proclaim the industry’s “death”) and is a key component of the industry’s prosperity and bright future.
Dairy is evolving, from scientific discoveries to sustainability ideas. “More butter, please” and “bring on the butter” are constant refrains. The statistics demonstrates it, and those statements will resound for years to come.
