More value has to be created at the top of the dairy supply chain to ensure higher profitability throughout, according the Milk Development Council’s newly published Dairy Facts and Figures 2004.

The figures reveals that UK consumers spend the lowest amount of money on dairy products out of the former 15 EU countries.
However, at the same time, UK residents consume the sixth highest amount of fresh dairy products at 129.3kg a head a year.

The reason for this high intake, low spend position, is that UK consumers pay the lowest prices for dairy products in the EU, said MDC’s head of cconomics Ken Boyns.
The annual publication carries a wide range of information, from stock numbers, quota allocations, monthly utilisation of milk by dairies, advertising expenditure, as well as household consumption of various foods in the UK.