A Scottish dairy company is significantly increasing its cottage cheese production in response to what it describes as 'all-time record demand', largely driven by a surprising TikTok trend. Graham’s Family Dairy has completed a £3.5 million extension at its Glenfield site in Fife, boosting production capacity by 50% and creating 25 local jobs.
The resurgence of cottage cheese, once associated with 1970s and 1980s diets, has been fueled by food influencers sharing recipes on social media. On TikTok, 'cottage cheese breakfast rounds' have garnered 15.1 million views, while 'cottage cheese edible cookie dough' has attracted 8.7 million views. Supermarket Tesco reports that demand for cottage cheese has tripled over the past two years, and Graham’s has seen demand double, equivalent to an extra two million kilograms sold.
According to The Grocer, monthly volumes of cottage cheese in the UK leapt from about 900,000 kg at the start of 2023 to over 1.7 million kg in December 2025. Robert Graham, managing director of Graham’s Family Dairy, noted that the trend first emerged around May 2023, and the business has since 'gone into overdrive' to keep up. He added that cottage cheese sales now exceed those of milk, which was the original focus of the dairy farm.
The investment will support increased output across the company’s full range, including natural, low-fat, and high-protein lines. Graham emphasised that the traditional open-vat process, which gives a firmer curd and more natural texture, remains unchanged. The company is now exporting to markets as far as the Gulf States and Hong Kong.
Elizabeth Tomkins, Tesco’s cottage cheese buyer, described the trend as a 'fully fledged culinary phenomenon' that has brought significant extra business to the UK dairy industry. She noted that while cottage cheese was popular in the 1970s and 1980s as a low-fat filling, its current popularity with a younger audience has driven all-time record demand.
