In my history with this column, I have written about traditional fermented dairy topics like yogurts, sour cream, kefirs, and the ingredients they use. It may be a little early for happy hour where you are, but we are going to step out of the dairy plant and step into the breweries, wineries, and distilleries that use dairy in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. Hopefully, you will discover that your favorite aperitif has a version available in the market that uses dairy ingredients as a component of its manufacture.
Just to give you an idea about how many alcohol products use dairy ingredients, an Innova Market Insights search of new product launches during the last five years shows 931 products globally. The United Kingdom led the way with 220 new products followed by the United States with 75, Canada: 64, China: 55, Japan: 44, and Italy: 40. Nine other countries launched the remaining products.