Cheese in China

Value sales of cheese are falling slightly in China in 2025, representing a recovery as the decline has slowed significantly compared to 2023 and 2024. The recovery of processed cheese is key to the performance of the overall category. In the past, the vast majority of products in processed cheese were cheese sticks aimed at children, but with the gradual popularity of cheese snacks for adults, products like cheese cubes are becoming the new driving force for development.

The Cheese in China report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are currently shaping the market along with prospects for the next five years, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Hard Cheese, Processed Cheese excl Spreadable, Soft Cheese, Spreadable Cheese.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

• Get a detailed picture of the Cheese market;
• Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
• Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
• Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.