Yogurt is a fresh dairy food made from milk that has fermented due to lactic bacteria. It contains protein, vitamins and is also a rich source of calcium. The flavor and color can be modified by adding various ingredients, for example fruit. Popular yogurt types on the market are low fat or no-fat, drinking, organic, Greek, and frozen yogurts. Yogurt continues to grow in popularity worldwide and the
is expected to grow reaching about 164 billion U.S. dollars by 2028.
European yogurt production
In 2022, just over
7.5 million tons of yogurt were produced in Europe. Germany and France are the
European leaders in yogurt production. Together they held about 40 percent share of the total yogurt production in Europe. Swiss company Nestlé and French Lactalis, are the
top-selling European dairy producers and account for the top highest selling producers worldwide with sales of over 21 billion U.S. dollars.
Consumer trends across Europe
It is forecasted that residents of the Europe will consume
77 million tons of fresh dairy products in 2030. This shows that dairy consumption is expected to increase slowly across Europe in the coming years. The forecasted trend varies among individual countries, though.
Finland reached a ten-year low of yogurt consumption in 2021 and
Norway’s per capita yogurt consumption has generally increased in the last two years. Poland show also growing consumption trends for yogurt. In
Poland, consumption has increased over the past three years.
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