Posted: 6/17/2008 2:32:02 AM EDT
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A few months ago there were some posts about two brands of powdered milk that people seemed to like best. I've searched the archives but I think it was an off topic discussion and I have no idea when it was posted. If you have any suggestions on good powdered milk please let me know. My little ones and I thank you! 
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| This is very good, but they are out until July. Its tastes great, as long as its chilled overnight. |
+1 I ordered back in April and it just shipped. I'm supposed to get it tomorrow. If you're looking for Nido, check the ethnic markets in your area. Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Asian, etc. Many carry Nido in small and large cans. It pays to check out the small ethnic markets from time to time. They carry all kinds of prep related stuff that is hard to find elsewhere, like bottled/canned ghee. Also, many people don't even think about them so if there's a run on staples at "normal" stores you can probably load up at an ethnic store before the word gets out. During the temporary rice outage at Sam's & Costco's back in May (due to panic buying) our local Indian market had pallets upon pallets while the club stores were out of big bags. |
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I've tasted many different brands of powdered milk, and this stuff is the best BY FAR: Country Cream |
Pretty good price but the shipping is outrageous. |
It's only bad when you put it up against Honeyville where they will ship your order, whatever it is, for $4.49. I did the math and it came out to a diference of $1.37 per gallon of milk. I would guess one would need to taste both and see if any taste difference is worth the money. I know the difference between the store brand milk and a premium brand in the grocery store is more than $1.37. It might also be of interest that the Country Cream is actual milk and the Honeyville farms is a whey based milk substitute. If that matters to anyone. |
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I was trying to figure something out from the Country Cream description, though... How the hell do you make cheese with fat-free milk? I left the Dairy Manufacturing program before we got to cheese production, so I don't know for certain, but I thought the fat was an integral part of cheese making. |
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Fortunately for me, and my wife, we don't drink milk (no kids to worry about). I do have powdered milk in my stores though, for cooking purposes. It's Carnation, which isn't the best tasting, but like I said, I won't be drinking it. There are lots of powdered sauce mixes that store well, but require milk when mixing... butter too, for some. While the powdered milk sauce mix will undoubtedly not be as thick without the milk fat, it's better than nothing. For the butter, I've been experimenting with Ghee, or clarified butter. It stores fairly well at moderate room temperatures for quite some time. For those in a climate where access to a basement that remains cool year round, it would probably last much longer. But, there's always canned butter too.... I'll have to try some of the Morning Moo or Country Cream.... |
Well actually none of the long storage milks are 100% milk. Their storage life would only be about 1-2 years otherwise. Tj |
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What we use to do is make up a batch of powder milk, then mix it half/half with regular milk, which made the taste bareable. StagPower
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For those of us in the South East... I found that my local Publix supermarket had Nestle NIDO stocked on the shelves right next to the evaporated milk and the Parmalat. They had both the regular and the Kinder versions. Go figure! One local Asian and two small Hispanic markets didn't carry NIDO but our big regional chain did. |
So what did they think? |
The fat in cheese is a variable while the protein is not. The art of cheese making is the acidulation of the milk to unwrap the casein (protein) molecule, then the addition of rennet to clip the casein molecule. The kappa casein molecule then folds back up and becomes the protein in cheese. The remaining protein is found in the whey. The fat trapped in the cheese is dependent on the amount of fat in the milk, but you can make skim milk cheese very easily. Most of what cheese companies call "Mozzarella" these days is almost fat free, and very rubbery! Not like real Italian mozzarella at all. |
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Not to highjack, but has anyone tried this? Instant Nonfat Dry Fortified Milk At $13.95 per #10 can, it seems like a good deal. |
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A while back I ordered Morning Moo from the Blue Chip Group. I purchased one each of the 2# bags of chocolate milk and "milk-flavored" milk. While my husband and I like to drink milk, we could get by drinking other beverages and taking calcium supplements. Our three year old daughter, OTOH, looooooooooooves her milk. So, I figured I'd try the MM on her to see if it passed the taste test. I first made up 1/2 gallon of the chocolate milk using the directions on the package. Hey, what kid doesn't like chocolate, right? Well, apparently mine doesn't, or at least, she's addicted to Hershey's because after just a sip of the MM she turned her nose up at it. I suspect that if she'd never had chocolate milk before it would have passed muster. I drank it and thought it tasted ok, but then, I haven't been a serious chocolate milk drinker in ... well, it's been decades. After that I was a bit hesitant to try the white milk, especially since the other powdered milks I've had didn't taste so good. Again, I mixed up 1/2 gallon per the directions, and included a bit of vanilla flavoring after reading about it on this site. I chilled it and poured myself a glass. I was very pleasantly surprised! I could not tell the difference between MM and regular skim milk. On to the toddler test. I filled the sippy cup, handed it to the little one, and held my breath. She tried it, I waited for the scream of outrage... it didn't happen. Next thing I know I'm being handed an empty sippy cup and the little one is crying for more. SUCCESS!!! So, I'll be ordering more of the milk-flavored MM. The only downside is they're backordered... |
The odd thing about it is you get 1/2 the servings from the fortified #10 can than from the normal #10 can of powdered milk they also make and is lslightly more expensive. You are going to pay a lot for the fortification. I am working from memory but I think the fortified milk was only 48 servings and the normal was 72 per #10 can. |
I found NIDO large cans at local Food Lion on sale for $2.99. |
Yeah, I'll get some #10 cans when I have the money. I bought the 50# for current use, as per gallon it's half the cost of milk from the store. |
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Just to add a +1 for NIDO, I bough a small can at wallyworld for like 3.00 it says it makes 3 quarts. I made up a batch and thought it tasted just fine a little bit of a funny taste but not bad at all, I added a little hersheys and I couldnt tell the difference. Making it ICE COLD really enhances it as well. Does anyone know if it can be had in #10 cans? I wouldnt mind purchasing it at a comparable price to a gallon of milk. |
I'm getting Morning Moo, not Honeyville, from www.shop.bluechipgroup.net/product.sc?categoryId=2&productId=721. A 50# bag of the powder is $116, shipped. 50# makes 62.5 gallons, so the morning moo cost per gallon works out to $1.856. A gallon of milk at my grocery store is $3.85 including the sales tax on food. |
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Blue chip group appears to be back ordered on morning moo? Anyone have any info on this? Also I like the NIDO, but its a chore to find it in a quanity I found an online website that sells it but its backorderd. Anyone got any sources for NIDO? I tried walmart they only have it in the small cans. I am going to check a few other stores. I would just like to hear where other people are finding it |