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products increased about 2.5
percent from the same months of
1971. Sales of manufactured dairy
products gained, while the milk
equivalent of fluid product
purchases held steady.
Factors contributing to in
creased purchases are;
(1) Increasing disposable in
comes.
(2) Relatively small gains in
retail dairy prices.
(3) Agressive dairy promotion
programs.
(4) Rising meat prices.
(5) The broadened food stamp
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program.
Among manufactured
products, largest sales gains this
year have been recorded by hard
cheeses. Consumers also bought
more butter, cottage cheese, and
frozen desserts. But canned milk
sales continued to trend down
ward.
Although nonfat dry milk
commercial usage dropped about
2 percent in January-July, sales
have been above a year earlier
since May.
During the past decade,
decreased use of nonfat dry milk
by the baking industry was offset
by larger utilization in dairy
products, in confectionery
products, and in direct consumer
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sales. Whey and blends have been
substituted for powdered milk in
bakery products.
The single largest user of
nonfat dry milk in 1971 was
“other dairy products.” This use,
primarily in fortifying fluid milk
products, has increased sub
stantially in recent years. Nonfat
dry milk packaged for home
consumption—the second largest
use in 1971—has trailed off some
in the past 2 years.
In 1971, consumer purchases of
nonfat dry milk were equivalent
to about 2*A billion pounds of fluid
skim milk, about 21 percent of
fluid lowfat and skim milk
consumed or 4 percent of total
fluid product sales.
Fluid milk sales continue to
show strength. In major urban
markets, January-May sales of
all fluid items (product pounds)
were up about 2 percent. Con
sumers bought 11 percent more
fluid skim and lowfat milk
products, and about 2V 2 percent
more cream items.
Although still running below
year-earlier levels, the decline in
whole milk sales this year could
be the smallest since 1966.
Consumption of milk and cream
mixtures continues to fall.
Consumers are buying much
more cheese this year. Com
mercial disappearance rose a
whopping 11 percent over a year
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earlier during January-July 1972,
about twice the 6 percent annual
growth rate of the past 4 years.
Most varieties showed good
gains.
Why the big jump in cheese
sales? Some of the reasons in
clude:
(1) Higher meat prices have
turned consumers to cheese as
an alternative source of
protein.
(2) Rising incomes have
stimulated purchases.
Research indicates a 10
percent rise in consumer
incomes is associated with a 2
to 5 percent increase in cheese
purchases.
(3) Greater use of the food stamp
program makes cheese more
widely available to lower
income families.
(4) Gains in retail cheese prices,
although up around 3 percent
so far this year, have slowed
from the 6 percent average of
the past 3 years.
(5) Pizza’s popularity continues,
stimulating use of Italian-type
cheese; demand for
cheeseburgers and snacks
which use processed cheese
also is unabated.
(6) Consumer tastes are shifting
to more exotic foods using
foreign type cheeses.
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(7) Cheese in used increasingly
as an ingredient in other
foods. And use of cheese foods
and spreads and specialty
cheeses has become
fashionable.
In recent years, retailers have
emphasized cheese display and
promotion. The wide variety of
cheese packages and types now
available is adapted to almost
any consumer taste, and has
contributed to increased con
sumption. Improvements in
quality and uniformity have also
helped consumption.
Cheese consumption in 1971
rose 5 percent to 12.1 pounds per
person. Both American and other
varieties showed good gams with
consumers eating 7.4 pounds of
American cheese and 4.7 pounds
of other-than-Amencan
varieties.
Per capita consumption of
Italian-types hit 2.3 pounds last
year, 12 percent above 1970. The
leading gainers among Italian
varieties were Parmesan and
Mozzarella. Mozzarella, with a
per capita consumption of 1.4
pounds, is second to Cheddar in
popularity.
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