India is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for milk and value-added milk products. Urban India is spearing ahead leading to expansion of cuisines and it’s know-how. Though India was not considered a cheese loving nation a few years back, now cheese producers are expanding in the Indian market. Globalization is shrinking the world and thus the resultant growth in food industry. With knowledge and expertise of world cuisine available in India, the food sector is set to grow. The industry growth rate is estimated at about 10%-12% per year in terms of volume and 16%-17% per year in value terms.

Overall cheese consumption continues to increase due to its versatility and adaptability to recipes and more available varieties. The consumer shift from at-home food preparation to purchases of partially or fully prepared foods has also benefited cheese sales. Consumers are ready to experiment with cuisines and palates raising the demand for good eat-out joints and the resultant demand for good quality cheese. The industry is showing promising trends bringing various cheese manufacturing units to focus on quality and price.