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Market Trends

Belgioioso and Bel Brands notch strong sales in cheese

At $21B, natural cheese category generates 2% growth, but processed cheese stumbles.

April 6, 2026

Cheese sales growth, while not explosive, continues to show steady year-over-year gains. For the 52 weeks ending Jan. 25, the natural cheese category saw a 2% increase in dollar sales to $21 billion and a 2% rise in unit sales to 5.2 billion, according to Circana.

Ingredient Showcase

Ingredient suppliers highlight the latest solutions for cheesemaking ingredients.

March 21, 2024

New ingredients from IFPC and J. Rettenmaier USA

Dollar sales up, unit sales down in the cheese category

Overall natural and processed cheese dollar sales were higher during a recent 52 - week period, according to IRI

Brian Berk

April 10, 2023

Like several other segments of dairy, most natural and processed cheese categories enjoyed strong dollar sales during a recent 52-week period, but suffered unit sales declines, according to information provided by Chicago-based Circana.

Mixed results for natural and processed cheese at retail

Both categories lost ground, but a number of subcategories bucked the downward trend.

Kathie Canning

March 23, 2022

Both categories lost ground, but a number of subcategories bucked the downward trend.

A slowdown in growth for retail cheese

Sales of natural cheese flattened, while processed cheese lost ground.

Kathie Canning

November 15, 2021

When we last covered the retail cheese segment in a Market Trends report — back in April of this year — the picture was very Gouda across the board.

2021 State of the Industry: Cheese sends greetings from the sunny side of the street

The natural cheese category hit the accelerator and saw retail dollar sales climb.

Kathie Canning

November 1, 2021

The natural cheese category managed to avoid gridlocks on the retail side in 2021, cruising at a comfortable speed with positive results.

‘Gouda’ news for retail cheese

Both natural and processed cheese posted double-digit dollar sales growth in the 52 weeks ending Jan. 24, 2021.

Kathie Canning

March 17, 2021

The past year saw reduced demand for cheese on the foodservice side, thanks to widespread pandemic-related restaurant closures and indoor dining bans. However, the picture was much brighter on the retail cheese side.

Organic Valley to launch American cheese slices

The line will be available in May in yellow and white varieties.

March 10, 2021

Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., will introduce Organic Valley American cheese slices this May.

Cheese sales explode in retail channels

Both the natural and processed cheese categories saw double-digit dollar sales gains.

Kathie Canning

November 16, 2020

It has been a very, very good year for cheese, at least within the major retail channels. Dollar sales within the natural cheese category shot up 17.0% to $15,449.5 million during the 52 weeks ending Oct. 4, 2020, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI.