In Holland in 2022 a volume of 13.8 million tons milk was processed. Of this 58 went into cheese, 13 percent into milk powder, eight percent into consumers milk, five percent into condensed milk, three percent into butter and 13 percent into other products.
In Holland the average somatic cell count of cow milk increased from 186000 in 2021 to 209000 in 2022. However: the increase is mainly due to the use of new international reference materials in 2022. It was expected that this would increase the measured cell count by 12 percent. With the same udder health, the somatic cell count would then be 208000.