FOPPM502- POWDERED MILK MAKING
Introduction
Milk powder also called milk powder, dried milk, or dry milk manufacture is a simple process now
carried out on a large scale. It involves the gentle removal of water at the lowest possible cost under
stringent hygiene conditions while retaining all the desirable natural properties of the milk - colour,
flavour, solubility, nutritional value. Whole (full cream) milk contains, typically, about 87% water
and skim milk contains about 91% water. During milk powder manufacture, this water is removed by
boiling the milk under reduced pressure at low temperature in a process known as evaporation. The
resulting concentrated milk is then sprayed in a fine mist into hot air to remove further moisture and
so give a powder. Approximately 13 kg of whole milk powder (WMP) or 9 kg of skim milk powder
(SMP) can be made from 100 L of whole milk.