Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 987 million pounds, 1.1 percent above June 2015 but 1.5 percent below May 2016.
Italian type cheese production totaled 432 million pounds, 2.2 percent above June 2015 but 2.0 percent below May 2016.
American type cheese production totaled 390 million pounds, 0.2 percent below June 2015 and 2.6 percent below May 2016.
Butter production was 153 million pounds, 6.4 percent above June 2015 but 10.1 percent below May 2016.
Dry milk powders (comparisons with June 2015)
Nonfat dry milk, human – 144 million pounds, down 13.2 percent.
Skim milk powders – 55.3 million pounds, up 59.5 percent.
Whey products (comparisons with June 2015)
Dry whey, total – 79.2 million pounds, down 7.7 percent.
Lactose, human and animal – 91.8 million pounds, up 2.0 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total – 35.9 million pounds, down 7.9 percent.
Frozen products (comparisons with June 2015)
Ice cream, regular (hard) – 75.6 million gallons, up 4.2 percent.
Ice cream, lowfat (total) – 42.8 million gallons, down 8.0 percent.
Sherbet (hard) – 3.61 million gallons, down 6.8 percent.
Frozen yogurt (total) – 6.33 million gallons, down 10.5 percent.
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