Cottage Industry

I don't mind telling you, I love cottage cheese and I think more people would try it and like it, if they could just get past the name and understand it doesn't taste like a cottage at all.

You put a scoop of cottage cheese on your plate and top it with a dollop of apple butter and you're in tall cotton, I want to tell you.

And now, cottage cheese is the thing among trendy food types, so the demand is, as they say, skyrocketing.

Sales of the lumpy dairy treat are up 20% this year, after bumps of 17% last year and 11% in 2023. The dairy guy at your Try'N'Save market is going nuts trying to keep it in stock. “I had to double check the numbers, but cottage cheese is actually a strong growth category,” said Susan Morris, the CEO of Albertsons (a big chain out west).

“Organic Valley Cottage Cheese is selling faster than we can make it,” said Andrew Westrich, marketing manager at Organic Valley.

Remember when Krispy Kreme donuts were all the rage for half an hour? Then everyone said this is nothing but sugar and no protein. Cottage cheese was happy to step into the donut hole, offering high protein and low sugar.

There are people online showing ways to make CC more fun and less lumpy.  But we like it Lumpy! Don't forget the apple butter, too!