How Is Milk Powder Made?

By: JIgyasa Kakwani

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Milk powder, as the name suggests, is milk converted into powdered form. You must have seen packets of milk powders in train food, hotel room amenities etc.

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Real Or Artificial?

Powdered milk is made from fresh milk from which more than 90 per cent of the water has been removed. It also contains minerals and vitamins. 

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How Is Milk Powder Made?

Powdered milk is made by first pasteurising fresh, liquid milk and then concentrating it by evaporation using a vacuum pump.

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Spray Drying

The concentrated milk is sprayed into hot air, turning it into fine powder almost instantly.

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Cooling and Packaging

The milk powder is cooled, screened for quality, and packed to maintain freshness.

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How To Use Powdered Milk?

Milk powder can be reconstituted with water to make liquid milk again.  It is an easier form to store and carry milk.

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