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Milk powder

Also called powdered milk, powder milk, dry milk and powdered dry milk

Milk powder is dairy made from dried milk. Cooks use it for baking and thickening.

  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Milk
Part used
Milk
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Milk powder, whole

Photo: ProjectManhattan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use milk powder

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Thicken

Preparing it

To reconstitute by volume, mix one-third cup of powder with one cup of water.

Cooking with it

Cooking milk powder can develop caramel and toasted flavors. In baked goods, milk powder can add milk without making the mixture as thin as liquid milk would.

Shopping

Choosing and storing milk powder

Sold as
Powder

Nutrition

What 100 g of milk powder holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 29%Fat 29%Carbohydrate 42%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of milk powder
Energy496 kcal · 2,075 kJ
Protein26 g
Fat27 g
of which saturated17 g
Carbohydrate38 g
Sodium371 mg
Cholesterol97 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of milk powder: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,330 mg
Calcium912 mg
Iron0.47 mg
Magnesium85 mg
Zinc3.3 mg
Vitamin C8.6 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)258 µg
Folate37 µg
Vitamin B123.3 µg
Dried

Protein 39%Fat 6%Carbohydrate 55%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of milk powder, dried
Energy387 kcal · 1,619 kJ
Protein34 g
Fat5.8 g
of which saturated3.6 g
Carbohydrate49 g
of which sugars49 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium517 mg
Cholesterol69 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of milk powder, dried: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,592 mg
Calcium1,184 mg
Iron0.3 mg
Magnesium110 mg
Zinc4 mg
Vitamin C5.7 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)49 µg
Folate47 µg
Vitamin B123.8 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 173454, 171274), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with milk powder

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Lapis talas Bogor

    Indonesia

  • Lontar cake

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include milk powder.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: milk powder in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milkChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
milk (dried)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What milk powder is called

Names in 63 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    leche en polvo · leche deshidratada

  • French

    lait en poudre · Lait Carnation · Poudre de lair

  • Italian

    latte in polvere

  • Portuguese

    leite em pó

  • German

    Milchpulver · Magermilchpulver · Trockenmilch · Vollmilchpulver

  • Dutch

    melkpoeder · poedermelk

  • Greek

    γάλα σε σκόνη · σκόνη γάλακτος

  • Turkish

    süt tozu · tozlaştırılmış süt

  • Russian

    сухое молоко · молоко сухое

  • Polish

    mleko w proszku

  • Arabic

    حليب مجفف · مسحوق الحليب

  • Persian

    پودر شیر

Show all 63 languages

  • Armenian

    Կաթի փոշի

  • Assamese

    কৃত্রিম গাখীৰ

  • Basque

    Esne-hauts

  • Belarusian

    сухое малако

  • Bosnian

    mlijeko u prahu · suho mlijeko · puder-mlijeko · suho mlijeko u prahu

  • Bulgarian

    Мляко на прах

  • Cantonese

    奶粉

  • Catalan

    llet en pols

  • Chinese

    奶粉 · 乳粉

  • Croatian

    mlijeko u prahu

  • Czech

    sušené mléko

  • Danish

    tørmælk · Drimol · mælepulver

  • Esperanto

    laktopulvoro · Seka lakto · Sekigita lakto

  • Estonian

    piimapulber

  • Filipino

    Gatas na pulbos

  • Finnish

    maitojauhe · maitopulveri · kuivamaito

  • Galician

    Leite en po

  • Hebrew

    אבקת חלב

  • Hindi

    दुग्ध चूर्ण

  • Indonesian

    Susu bubuk

  • Japanese

    粉乳 · 粉ミルク

  • Javanese

    Susu bubuk

  • Kazakh

    Құрғақ сүт

  • Korean

    분유 · 가루젖 · 가루 우유

  • Latvian

    sausais piens · piena milti · piena pulveris · pulverveida piens

  • Lithuanian

    Pieno milteliai

  • Lule Sami

    gåjkkemielkke

  • Macedonian

    Млеко во прав

  • Malagasy

    Ronono vovoka

  • Malay

    Susu tepung

  • Minangkabau

    Susu bubuak

  • Northern Sami

    goikemielki

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    tørrmelk · melkepulver

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    tørrmjølk · mjølkepulver · pulvermjølk · turrmjølk

  • rmf

    thundesko vaaro

  • Romanian

    lapte praf

  • Serbian

    mleko u prahu · млеко у праху · млијеко у праху · mlijeko u prahu

  • Shan

    ၼမ်ႉၼူမ်းၽွင်

  • Simplified Chinese

    奶粉

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    奶粉

  • sje

    gåjjkemällke

  • Slovenian

    mleko v prahu

  • Somali

    Caano budo

  • Southern Sami

    gejhkiemielhkie

  • Swedish

    mjölkpulver · pulvermjölk · dubbelmjölk · torrmjölk

  • Thai

    นมผง · นมชง · นมอัดเม็ด

  • Traditional Chinese

    奶粉

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    奶粉

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    奶粉

  • Udmurt

    Кӧс йӧл

  • Ukrainian

    сухе молоко

  • Urdu

    خشک دودھ

  • Vietnamese

    Sữa bột

  • Waray

    Gatas nga pulbos

  • Welsh

    Llaeth powdr

  • Wu Chinese

    奶粉

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q496696

Photos

Photo: ProjectManhattan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons