Butter and yellow products production

RecordSTO-DHG0QXDHGN-7XDATQHTG3-HSH7DM

2.3 milliontonnes

European Union · 2024

Butter and yellow products production in the European Union was 2.3 million tonnes in 2024 (Eurostat).

Original source
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

The production of 2.3 million tonnes of butter and so-called ‘yellow products’ (such as butteroil and rendered butter) in the EU in 2024 required 44.2 million tonnes of whole milk (see Table 1).

Statistical Office of the European Union, Milk and milk product statistics, About 70% of all whole milk available to dairies in the EU is used to make cheese and butter

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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_DHG0QXDHGN7XDATQHTG3HSH7DM

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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_DHG0QXDHGN7XDATQHTG3HSH7DM.
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_DHG0QXDHGN7XDATQHTG3HSH7DM.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2024butterhsh7dm, 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_DHG0QXDHGN7XDATQHTG3HSH7DM}, 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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Record: STO-DHG0QXDHGN-7XDATQHTG3-HSH7DM T1 Official

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
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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
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_DHG0QXDHGN7XDATQHTG3HSH7DM