China's organic milk market is small, but potential is great
High costs and shoddy products are holding back development.
Currently, the production of all sorts of milk is close to 40 million tons in China, but the percentage of quality raw milk is less than 30%. There is very limited amount of high-quality organic milk due to slow construction of organic farms.
In a new analysis shared with Dairy Foods, the research firm Beijing Shenong says organic milk accounts for less than 1% of the total. It cites four reasons: