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Butter
Butter is a solid dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk, to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. It is generally used as a spread on plain or toasted bread products and a condiment on cooked vegetables, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water.
Product & engineering
Understand the product.
Butter is a solid dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk, to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. It is generally used as a spread on plain or toasted bread products and a condiment on cooked vegetables, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water.
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Industry Growth & Trends
Global Butter Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2032
Market perspective
Butter is a solid dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk, to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. It is generally used as a spread on plain or toasted bread products and a condiment on cooked vegetables, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water.
Europe is the largest manufacture region with about 21% market share. United States is follower with about 8% market share.
The main manufactures are Fonterra, Ornua, Kalona SuperNatural, Dairy Farmers of America, MS Iceland Dairies, Bertolli, Cabot, Yeo Valley Farms, Clover Stornetta Farms, Arla Foods, Amul, Land O Lakes, Organic Valley, Horizon Organic, Tillamook, Devondale Murray Goulburn, WCB, President Cheese, Rochefort etc. Amul is the largest manufacture with about 10% revenue market share.
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Report Scope
This report provides a structured, data-driven view of the global Butter market, combining harmonized quantitative metrics with targeted qualitative insight to support business and growth strategy, market positioning, and capital allocation.
The Butter market size, estimates, and forecasts are presented in terms of sales volume (MT) and revenue (US$ million), with 2025 as the base year and historical and forecast data for 2021-2032. The report segments the global Butter market by Type, Application, region/country, and company, provides regional market sizes at the segment level, profiles the competitive landscape and key players and their market ranks, and reviews technology trends and new product developments relevant to Butter.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section analyzes the strategies and performance of leading manufacturers in the global Butter market, including portfolio focus, innovation and product development, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, and geographic expansion used to sustain or enhance competitive positions. It also summarizes recent corporate developments and key financial indicators and provides global revenue, price, and sales volume data by manufacturer for 2020-2025, enabling benchmarking of scale, pricing, and market share and supporting assessment of market concentration through indicators such as CR5 and CR10.
Butter Market by Company
Fonterra
Ornua
Kalona SuperNatural
Dairy Farmers of America
MS Iceland Dairies
Bertolli
Cabot
Yeo Valley Farms
Clover Stornetta Farms
Arla Foods
Amul
Land O Lakes
Organic Valley
Horizon Organic
Tillamook
Devondale Murray Goulburn
WCB
President Cheese
Rochefort
Butter Segment by Type
Salted Butter
Unsalted Butter
Butter Segment by Application
Retail
Food Service
Food Processing
Butter Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Butter market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Butter and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Butter.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Butter manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Butter in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Salted Butter
- Unsalted Butter
Applications
- Retail
- Food Service
- Food Processing
Companies covered
- Fonterra
- Ornua
- Kalona SuperNatural
- Dairy Farmers of America
- MS Iceland Dairies
- Bertolli
- Cabot
- Yeo Valley Farms
- Clover Stornetta Farms
- Arla Foods
- Amul
- Land O Lakes
- Organic Valley
- Horizon Organic
- Tillamook
- Devondale Murray Goulburn
- WCB
- President Cheese
- Rochefort
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Butter Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Butter Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Butter Market by Type
- 1.3.1 Salted Butter
- 1.3.2 Unsalted Butter
- 1.4 Global Butter Market Size by Type
- 1.4.1 Global Butter Market Size Overview by Type (2021-2032)
- 1.4.2 Global Butter Historic Market Size Review by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.4.3 Global Butter Forecasted Market Size by Type (2027-2032)
- 1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
- 1.5.1 North America Butter Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.2 Europe Butter Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.4 South America Butter Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
2 Global Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Butter Industry Trends
- 2.2 Butter Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Butter Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Butter Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
- 3.1 Global Top Players by Butter Revenue (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Top Players by Butter Sales (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Top Players by Butter Price (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Butter Industry Company Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Butter Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Butter Company, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Butter Company Establishment Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Butter Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Butter Players Market Share by Revenue in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Butter Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Butter Regional Status and Outlook
- 4.1 Global Butter Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 4.2 Global Butter Historic Market Size by Region
- 4.2.1 Global Butter Sales in Volume by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.2 Global Butter Sales in Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.3 Global Butter Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3 Global Butter Forecasted Market Size by Region
- 4.3.1 Global Butter Sales in Volume by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Butter Sales in Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Butter Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2027-2032)
5 Butter by Application
- 5.1 Butter Market by Application
- 5.1.1 Retail
- 5.1.2 Food Service
- 5.1.3 Food Processing
- 5.2 Global Butter Market Size by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Butter Market Size Overview by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Butter Historic Market Size Review by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.2.3 Global Butter Forecasted Market Size by Application (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
- 5.3.1 North America Butter Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.2 Europe Butter Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.4 South America Butter Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 Fonterra
- 6.1.1 Fonterra Company Information
- 6.1.2 Fonterra Business Overview
- 6.1.3 Fonterra Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 Fonterra Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Fonterra Recent Developments
- 6.2 Ornua
- 6.2.1 Ornua Company Information
- 6.2.2 Ornua Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Ornua Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Ornua Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Ornua Recent Developments
- 6.3 Kalona SuperNatural
- 6.3.1 Kalona SuperNatural Company Information
- 6.3.2 Kalona SuperNatural Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Kalona SuperNatural Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Kalona SuperNatural Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Kalona SuperNatural Recent Developments
- 6.4 Dairy Farmers of America
- 6.4.1 Dairy Farmers of America Company Information
- 6.4.2 Dairy Farmers of America Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Dairy Farmers of America Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Dairy Farmers of America Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Dairy Farmers of America Recent Developments
- 6.5 MS Iceland Dairies
- 6.5.1 MS Iceland Dairies Company Information
- 6.5.2 MS Iceland Dairies Business Overview
- 6.5.3 MS Iceland Dairies Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 MS Iceland Dairies Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 MS Iceland Dairies Recent Developments
- 6.6 Bertolli
- 6.6.1 Bertolli Company Information
- 6.6.2 Bertolli Business Overview
- 6.6.3 Bertolli Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 Bertolli Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 Bertolli Recent Developments
- 6.7 Cabot
- 6.7.1 Cabot Company Information
- 6.7.2 Cabot Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Cabot Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Cabot Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Cabot Recent Developments
- 6.8 Yeo Valley Farms
- 6.8.1 Yeo Valley Farms Company Information
- 6.8.2 Yeo Valley Farms Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Yeo Valley Farms Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Yeo Valley Farms Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Yeo Valley Farms Recent Developments
- 6.9 Clover Stornetta Farms
- 6.9.1 Clover Stornetta Farms Company Information
- 6.9.2 Clover Stornetta Farms Business Overview
- 6.9.3 Clover Stornetta Farms Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 Clover Stornetta Farms Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 Clover Stornetta Farms Recent Developments
- 6.10 Arla Foods
- 6.10.1 Arla Foods Company Information
- 6.10.2 Arla Foods Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Arla Foods Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Arla Foods Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Arla Foods Recent Developments
- 6.11 Amul
- 6.11.1 Amul Company Information
- 6.11.2 Amul Business Overview
- 6.11.3 Amul Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 Amul Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 Amul Recent Developments
- 6.12 Land O Lakes
- 6.12.1 Land O Lakes Company Information
- 6.12.2 Land O Lakes Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Land O Lakes Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Land O Lakes Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Land O Lakes Recent Developments
- 6.13 Organic Valley
- 6.13.1 Organic Valley Company Information
- 6.13.2 Organic Valley Business Overview
- 6.13.3 Organic Valley Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 Organic Valley Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 Organic Valley Recent Developments
- 6.14 Horizon Organic
- 6.14.1 Horizon Organic Company Information
- 6.14.2 Horizon Organic Business Overview
- 6.14.3 Horizon Organic Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 Horizon Organic Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 Horizon Organic Recent Developments
- 6.15 Tillamook
- 6.15.1 Tillamook Company Information
- 6.15.2 Tillamook Business Overview
- 6.15.3 Tillamook Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 Tillamook Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 Tillamook Recent Developments
- 6.16 Devondale Murray Goulburn
- 6.16.1 Devondale Murray Goulburn Company Information
- 6.16.2 Devondale Murray Goulburn Business Overview
- 6.16.3 Devondale Murray Goulburn Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.16.4 Devondale Murray Goulburn Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.16.5 Devondale Murray Goulburn Recent Developments
- 6.17 WCB
- 6.17.1 WCB Company Information
- 6.17.2 WCB Business Overview
- 6.17.3 WCB Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.17.4 WCB Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.17.5 WCB Recent Developments
- 6.18 President Cheese
- 6.18.1 President Cheese Company Information
- 6.18.2 President Cheese Business Overview
- 6.18.3 President Cheese Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.18.4 President Cheese Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.18.5 President Cheese Recent Developments
- 6.19 Rochefort
- 6.19.1 Rochefort Company Information
- 6.19.2 Rochefort Business Overview
- 6.19.3 Rochefort Butter Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.19.4 Rochefort Butter Product Portfolio
- 6.19.5 Rochefort Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
- 7.1 North America Butter Sales by Country
- 7.1.1 North America Butter Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.1.2 North America Butter Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.1.3 North America Butter Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 7.2 North America Butter Market Size by Country
- 7.2.1 North America Butter Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2.2 North America Butter Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.2.3 North America Butter Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
8 Europe by Country
- 8.1 Europe Butter Sales by Country
- 8.1.1 Europe Butter Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.1.2 Europe Butter Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.1.3 Europe Butter Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 8.2 Europe Butter Market Size by Country
- 8.2.1 Europe Butter Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2.2 Europe Butter Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.2.3 Europe Butter Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
- 9.1 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales by Country
- 9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Butter Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 9.2 Asia-Pacific Butter Market Size by Country
- 9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Butter Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Butter Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Butter Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
10 South America by Country
- 10.1 South America Butter Sales by Country
- 10.1.1 South America Butter Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.1.2 South America Butter Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.1.3 South America Butter Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 10.2 South America Butter Market Size by Country
- 10.2.1 South America Butter Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.2.2 South America Butter Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.2.3 South America Butter Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
- 11.1 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales by Country
- 11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Butter Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 11.2 Middle East and Africa Butter Market Size by Country
- 11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Butter Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Butter Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Butter Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.1 Butter Value Chain Analysis
- 12.1.1 Butter Key Raw Materials
- 12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
- 12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 12.1.5 Butter Production Mode & Process
- 12.2 Butter Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 12.2.2 Butter Distributors
- 12.2.3 Butter Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix
- 14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 14.2 Research Methodology
- 14.3 Research Process
- 14.4 Authors List of This Report
- 14.5 Data Source
- 14.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 14.5.2 Primary Sources
- 14.6 Disclaimer
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