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There’s no question that consumers today love learning what’s new. And the dairy industry is always releasing new products with their audience in mind. Whether it’s a drinkable or spoon-able yogurt designed for children (or the kid in all of us), new delectable flavors of ice cream or products made for dipping and slathering like dairy dips and cream cheese, not to mention ice cream and frozen dairy desserts, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Given the popularity of charcuterie boards, one can never forget cheese, glorious cheese, and the aged hard, soft, string cheese artfully created to please every taste and palate. Chicago-based market research firm Circana reports that natural cheese — and the diverse types of shredded, chunks, slices, string/stick, crumbled, cubes, ricotta, and all other forms — generated $17.4 billion in dollar sales, a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 7% for the 52 weeks ending August 13, 2023. Unit-wise, all natural cheese collectively sold 4.3 billion units, a slight 0.3% increase over the prior-year timeframe.