Share of whole milk used for cheese and butter production
RecordSTO-75HA6VPPGC-Z3R2S50BFG-N68P6Z
European Union · 2024
Share of whole milk used for cheese and butter production in the European Union was 69% in 2024 (Eurostat).
- Publisher
- Eurostat
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- About 70% of all whole milk available to dairies in the EU is used to make cheese and butter
- Retrieved
- 22 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Together, the production of cheese and butter used 69.0% of all the whole milk available to dairies in the EU.
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APA
Statistical Office of the European Union. (2024). Milk and milk product statistics. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Milk_and_milk_product_statistics. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_75HA6VPPGCZ3R2S50BFGN68P6Z
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Milk and milk product statistics." 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Milk_and_milk_product_statistics. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_75HA6VPPGCZ3R2S50BFGN68P6Z.
- Chicago
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Milk and milk product statistics." 2024. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Milk_and_milk_product_statistics. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_75HA6VPPGCZ3R2S50BFGN68P6Z.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eurostat2024sharen68p6z, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Milk and milk product statistics}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_75HA6VPPGCZ3R2S50BFGN68P6Z}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Milk\_and\_milk\_product\_statistics. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Milk and milk product statistics
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- About 70% of all whole milk available to dairies in the EU is used to make cheese and butter
- Retrieved
- 22 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- pipeline:quote-verified-v2
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_75HA6VPPGCZ3R2S50BFGN68P6Z