US: Lactose Production

This page provides, in the given period, with:

• a chart illustrating production trends over the last three years.
• a table containing production figures, represented in pound unit;
• the comparison graph between Lactose (human type) production trend in the US and wholesale prices (euro);
• a comparison graph between Lactose, WPC and Dry Whey production, represented in pound unit.

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US Production Lactose (human type) * ('000 lb)
Month	2011	2016	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	± % on 2025	± % on 2024
January	81.122	88.943	92.548	94.587	90.193	89.669	93.088	95.920	+3,0%	+7,0%
February	74.812	83.703	79.546	84.943	83.542	87.552	85.201	83.823	-1,6%	-4,3%
March	85.312	92.796	98.787	93.521	98.668	98.763	98.475	92.085(p)	-6,5%	-6,8%
April	80.547	91.527	93.120	96.162	92.838	91.706	95.091
May	87.301	93.097	95.929	94.985	95.558	92.772	98.977
June	89.870	93.713	96.586	98.429	98.125	94.183	97.968
July	85.263	97.841	100.170	95.345	94.224	95.088	97.008
August	83.098	92.635	94.813	93.173	92.371	94.905	96.192
September	82.853	94.882	93.179	91.193	95.253	94.098	94.666
October	83.402	89.840	93.184	91.462	90.017	91.558	99.084
November	81.668	86.943	88.654	88.620	84.059	84.900	86.788
December	84.953	92.947	95.704	89.419	90.687	93.434	94.637
Jan-Mar	241.246	265.442	270.881	273.051	272.403	275.984	276.764	271.828
% y-o-y ¹	+31,8%	+10,0%	+2,0%	+0,8%	-0,2%	+1,3%	+0,3%	-1,8%
Total Year	1.000.201	1.098.867	1.122.220	1.111.839	1.105.535	1.108.628	1.137.175
% y-o-y ¹	+35,4%	+9,9%	+2,1%	-0,9%	-0,6%	+0,3%	+2,6%
Last Update: 07-05-2026
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2011, 2016, 2021, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago *: Conversion ratio: 1 Kg = 2.2046 lb (p) = provisional Source: USDA