# Cottage cheese comeback

> US cottage cheese sales reached $1.33 billion in a 52-week period.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Trend & aesthetic
- Sector: Food & beverage
- Seed date: 2022-03-03
- Milestone date: 2024-02-25
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 40 (Notable, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

Akers posted cottage cheese ice cream in 2022. Recipes spread across TikTok and Instagram in 2023, while US cottage cheese sales rose.

## Timeline

- 2022-03-03 — Kenzie Akers (TikTok) — Akers posted a cottage cheese ice cream video; Today identified her as an apparent originator.
- 2023-03-24 — Lainie Kates (TikTok) — Kates posted strawberry cheesecake ice cream made with cottage cheese.
- 2023-04-07 — Today (Press) — Today tested the ice cream and identified Akers as an apparent originator.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/cottage-cheese-boom-2024

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Cottage cheese comeback.” Case HIS-01785. Spread Score v1.3: 40/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01785