Capture broad consumer appeal

Cottage cheese has become a hit with consumers looking for high protein and healthy alternatives with a low-ingredient profile. It’s versatile and flexible – perfect for busy lifestyles whether enjoyed as a sweet or savoury snack or as part of creative recipes. Our best practice lines are designed to help you deliver the cottage that’s right for your market, with reliable performance, dependable yield and consistent product quality that matches your consumers’ tastes.  

Cottage cheese

The fastest growing fresh cheese1

Demand for cottage cheese is on the rise. By the early 2030s, worldwide consumption is expected to approach 9 billion kilograms, up from just around 6 billion in 2020.

 

This renewed consumer interest is creating big potential. CAGR for the global cottage cheese subsegment is projected to reach nearly 3.5% for the period between 2024 and 2028, with even greater growth in key markets in North America, Oceania and Central Asia.

 

 

 

Caption: Projected market CAGR for the period 2024-2028 in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Czechia, Serbia, Türkiye and Uzbekistan.

 

 

The cottage cheese boom is here – are you ready?

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Explore the latest trends

As shoppers experiment with new products and applications, cottage cheese sales are increasing year after year. What’s driving consumer interest? And what potential does it offer your business? Our expert Joanna Ilczyszyn explains.

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The bright future of fresh cheese

The fresh cheese category includes varieties such as cottage cheese, feta and tvarog. Learn how consumers feel about them here.

Starting your cottage cheese journey

Considering cottage cheese for your portfolio? Getting started might be easier than you think. Tetra Pak expert Mateusz Pawlik has six suggestions to help dairies start cottage cheese production and take advantage of growing market opportunities.

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Processing equipment for cottage cheese

Tetra Pak Grainy Cheese Vat E4

Tetra Pak® Grainy Cheese Vat E4

Tetra Pak® Grainy Cheese Vat E4

The Tetra Pak® Grainy Cheese Vat E4 is an advanced, highly automated piece of equipment used for the preparation of cheese curd in cottage/grainy cheese lines
Tetra Pak Drainer Washer 2

Tetra Pak® Drainer Washer 2

Tetra Pak® Drainer Washer 2

Tetra Pak® Drainer Washer 2 is designed to remove the whey and to wash and cool cottage cheese curd quickly and efficiently in one continuous operation.
Tetra Pak Drum Drainer 2

Tetra Pak® Drum Drainer 2

Tetra Pak® Drum Drainer 2

The Tetra Pak® Drum Drainer 2 is designed to ensure a gentle draining of washing- and cooling water from cottage cheese curd.
Tetra Pak Cooling Tower

Tetra Pak® Cooling Tower

Tetra Pak® Cooling Tower

The Tetra Pak® Cooling Tower is a unit for cottage cheese varieties that require extensive washing and cooling of curd
Tetra Pak Blender VCC

Tetra Pak® Blender VCC

Tetra Pak® Blender VCC

The Tetra Pak® Blender VCC reduces product losses by up to 90% compared to horizontal blenders and provides uniform distribution of particles, down to 25% of full capacity.

Cheese insights

How to create more value from whey

Today’s advanced technology and manufacturing methods, the cheese industry’s focus on whey has increased over recent years.

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Ensuring flexibility and efficiency in cottage cheese production

Cottage cheese is a special kind of cheese. In many ways, it is demanding to produce. The road to success goes through an optimised production process.

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Cheese handbook and technology guide

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Cheese handbook

Discover the science, technology, and best practices of cheese production in our comprehensive, expert-backed Cheese handbook.
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Explore service offerings that boost efficiency, optimise costs and ensure consistent product quality and food safety across your entire production process. 

Other fresh cheese categories

Fresh cheese varieties

Fresh cheese

Fresh cheese production applications for​ cheese varieties; cottage cheese, fresh cheese, ultra filtration and liquid filled cheeses, cream cheese and quark.
Tvarog cheese

Tvarog

Get the exact quality of tvarog you want, every time, with performance guarantees on yield, accuracy, and product losses.
White cheese

White cheese

Best-practice lines for white cheese. Efficient and profitable white cheese production, we provide you with all the expertise and know-how you need.

Cheese categories

Semi-hard cheese

Semi-hard cheese

Semi-hard cheese

Our technologies and semi-hard cheese processing knowledge can help you achieve a product of uniform quality, with consistent weight and moisture levels.
Cheddar cheese

Cheddar production - reliable equipment

Cheddar production - reliable equipment

Our cheddar production lines give you all the reliability and efficiency you need, while our sophisticated technology also deliver a qualitative product..
Cheese and pizza

Pasta Filata / Mozzarella & pizza cheese

Pasta Filata / Mozzarella & pizza cheese

The key to your pasta filata cheese production is getting the functionality right. Our equipment is designed to limit the influences of variables.
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Spreadable / cream cheese

Spreadable / cream cheese

With Tetra Paks' cream cheese production solutions, food manufacturers have the ability to produce a product that is healthy, tasty and convenient.
Whey powder

Whey processing and production

Whey processing and production

Tetra Pak supports customers with expertise and equipment in whey processing, such as protein-extraction fractionation evaporation, drying, and powder handling

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