Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 861 million pounds, 2.6 percent above May 2008 and 1.8 percent above April 2009.
Italian type cheese production totaled 350 million pounds, 0.3 percent above May 2008 but 0.1 percent below April 2009.
American type cheese production totaled 366 million pounds, 3.9 percent above May 2008 and 4.3 percent above April 2009.
Butter production was 139 million pounds, 0.3 percent below May 2008 and 2.2 percent below April 2009.
Dry Milk Powders: (comparisons with May 2008)
Nonfat dry milk, human --- 149 million pounds, up 13.3 percent.
Skim milk powders --- 26.7 million pounds, down 41.3 percent.
Whey products: (comparisons with May 2008)
Dry whey, total --- 95.3 million pounds, down 3.8 percent.
Lactose, human and animal --- 60.0 million pounds, down 8.5 percent.
Whey protein concentrate, total --- 34.0 million pounds, down 8.3 percent.
Frozen products: (comparisons with May 2008)
Ice cream, Regular (hard) --- 80.8 million gallons, down 0.4 percent.
Ice cream, Lowfat (total) --- 36.3 million gallons, down 3.4 percent.
Sherbet (hard) --- 5.07 million gallons, down 6.9 percent.
Frozen Yogurt (total) --- 6.05 million gallons, down 20.2 percent.
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