Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| Cover Page | 1 | 1 |
| Contents | 2 | 1 |
| KEY FINDINGS | 3 | 1 |
| Dairy products and alternatives snapshot | 3 | 1 |
| Growth Categories 2026 | 3 | 1 |
| Growth Countries 2026 | 3 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: The Evolution of the Industry in Retail Value RSP terms | 3 | 1 |
| KEY FINDINGS | 4 | 1 |
| Key findings | 4 | 1 |
| KEY FINDINGS | 5 | 1 |
| KEY FINDINGS | 6 | 1 |
| KEY FINDINGS (CONT) | 7 | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION | 9 | 1 |
| Top five trends uncovered | 9 | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION | 10 | 1 |
| Drivers of consumer markets and impact on dairy products and alternatives | 10 | 1 |
| Shifting Economic Power | 10 | 1 |
| Population Change | 10 | 1 |
| Environmental Shifts and Pressures | 10 | 1 |
| Technological Advances | 10 | 1 |
| Changing Values | 10 | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION | 11 | 1 |
| Adjacent industries and how they impact dairy products and alternatives | 11 | 1 |
| Snacks | 11 | 1 |
| Health and Beauty | 11 | 1 |
| Consumer Foodservice | 11 | 1 |
| Graph - State of the industry | 12 | 1 |
| STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 13 | 1 |
| Prices continue to offset softening volume growth | 13 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: The Evolution of the Industry, 2021-2031 Retail Value RSP USD million | 13 | 1 |
| STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 14 | 1 |
| Price-led growth is shifting innovation and consumption priorities | 14 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 14 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Top 20 Markets 2026 USD Per Capita | 14 | 1 |
| STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 15 | 1 |
| Western Europe predicted to overtake Asia Pacific as the largest region in 2026 | 15 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Region Size and Growth by Category 2021-2026 Retail Value RSP USD million | 15 | 1 |
| Ingredient preferences indicate the potential innovation whitespaces | 16 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 16 | 1 |
| Ingredient preferences indicate the potential innovation whitespaces (CONT) | 17 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 18 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Top 10 Companies 2021-2026 | 18 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 19 | 1 |
| Activity in nascent categories drives competition | 19 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Top Companies Sales in 2026 and 2021-2026 % CAGR historic growth (2021-2026) - USD million | 19 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 20 | 1 |
| Demand for affordable yet quality products shifted the competitive landscape | 20 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Market Fragmentation by Region 2021-2026 % market value share - USD million | 20 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 21 | 1 |
| Graph - Global Launches by Category Jan-Dec 2025 | 21 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 21 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 22 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 22 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy No Artificial Ingredients Diets Sustainable Sourcing | 22 | 1 |
| COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS | 23 | 1 |
| Graph - Critical to consolidate share and growth from a vast category and market footprint | 23 | 1 |
| Graph - Channels | 24 | 1 |
| Shopping behaviour shifts towards high discount and value channels, or health stores | 25 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Retail Distribution by Outlet 2026 | 25 | 1 |
| E-commerce platforms offering pricing transparency and assurance of authenticity win | 26 | 1 |
| Graph - Top 5 Countries in E-commerce Dairy Products and Alternatives by Spend (USD million) and % Growth | 26 | 1 |
| Graph - Top 5 Retailers Globally in E-commerce Dairy Products and Alternatives by Spend (USD million) and % Growth | 26 | 1 |
| E-commerce platforms offering pricing transparency and assurance of authenticity win (CONT) | 27 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 28 | 1 |
| Coffee whiteners' growth leadership indicates the direction of dairy's role in diets | 28 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 28 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Top 20 Markets 2031 USD Per Capita | 28 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 29 | 1 |
| The US and India offer massive growth potential despite being large markets | 29 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Top 10 Markets by Forecast Absolute Growth 2026-2031 Retail Value RSP USD million | 29 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 30 | 1 |
| Asia Pacific to reclaim top spot as India surges, and China and Japan's declines soften | 30 | 1 |
| Graph - Dairy Products and Alternatives: Region Size and Growth by Category 2026-2031 Retail Value RSP USD million | 30 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 31 | 1 |
| Graph - Lifestyle trends like UPF aversion, and product variety drive forecast volume uptake | 31 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 32 | 1 |
| Asia Pacific is the region with the largest unmet potential across dairy categories | 32 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 32 | 1 |
| FUTURE OUTLOOK | 33 | 1 |
| Graph - Conclusion | 34 | 1 |
| CONCLUSION | 35 | 1 |
| Graph - Graph/Chart Analysis | 35 | 1 |
| CONCLUSION | 36 | 1 |
| Opportunities for growth | 36 | 1 |
| CONCLUSION | 37 | 1 |
| About the author | 38 | 1 |
| About the author: | 38 | 1 |
| Expertise areas: | 38 | 1 |
| Recent publications: | 38 | 1 |
| Euromonitor's research spans 210 countries and 99.9% of the world's consumers | 39 | 1 |
| Graph - Analysts in 100 countries | 39 | 1 |
| Tailor these insights to your business | 40 | 1 |
