Hello everyone. I'm Monica Reinagle and this is the Nutrition Diva

podcast. Welcome. Recently a listener posted a question about powdered milk on my Facebook page.

She was wondering whether it's okay to use dried or powdered milk in place of fresh milk.

Well powdered milk is of course less expensive than fresh milk.

It's relatively non-perishable, it's lightweight and portable, and for those reasons, many people

include powdered milk in their emergency food stores.

In terms of nutrients like calcium, protein, and potassium,

dried milk is comparable to fresh milk.

And like fresh milk, dried milk powder is usually fortified

with vitamins A and D. You can add dried milk to breads and other baked goods,

soups, sauces, smoothies, or other recipes. and other

recipes,

in order to add extra protein and other nutrients.

But if you research this question on the internet,

you will quickly come across some sources claiming

that powdered milk is extremely bad for you because it contains oxidized cholesterol, allegedly

the most dangerous type of cholesterol.

Some of these websites also claim that powdered milk is added to all low-fat and

fat-free milk in order to give it more body, and they say that there's no way for you to tell

whether or not your milk contains added dry milk because the packengers are not

required to list powdered milk in the ingredient list.

I mean, pretty scary stuff, right?

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