"Honest Sign": Yogurt Production in Russia Increased by 10.1% in 2024

In 2024, Russia experienced a 3% increase in dairy production, excluding ice cream, reaching 11.6 billion liters, with yogurt and processed cheese showing the highest growth rates. Yogurt production increased by 10.1% to 698 million liters, and processed cheese production increased by 8.9% to 319 million kg. Other dairy products such as cottage cheese, milk-containing products, desserts, and ultra-pasteurized milk also saw increases in production. Butter production increased by 1.6%. The Central Federal District led in dairy production, followed by the Volga and Siberian federal districts. This increase in production is attributed to a rise in consumer demand, with sales of dairy products in stable retail outlets rising by 8% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

Processed cheese production increased by 8.9% Dairy production (excluding ice cream) in Russia increased by 3% in 2024, to 11.6 billion liters, with yogurt and processed cheese showing the highest growth rates. This was reported to TASS by analysts of the state labeling system "Honest Sign". Thus, yogurt production (share in the total volume of dairy production is 6%) increased by 10.1%, to 698 million liters. Soft, processed, curd cheese (share 2.7%) was in second place in terms of dynamics. Its production volume increased by 8.9% over the year, to 319 million kg, according to the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT, operator of "Honest Sign"). Compared with the 2023 level, the production volume of cottage cheese and cottage cheese products (share 5.3%) in 2024 increased by 8.6%, to 620 million kg; milk-containing products and desserts (share 3.3%) - by 5.8%, to 382 million kg/l; ultra-pasteurized milk (share 14.1%) - by 5.3%, to 1.6 billion liters. ...