Skimmed milk powder

Studies in people

• Open question

  Growth in malnourished children²

  Adding skimmed milk powder to food aid may help malnourished children grow, but this is not yet proven.

Animal and lab studies only

• Open question

  Probiotic soy processing⁵

  In lab studies, skimmed milk powder helped probiotic bacteria change soy isoflavones into aglycones more than soymilk alone did.

Found in some samples or products

These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.

• Bacterial toxin illness³

  In Japan, people got food poisoning from skimmed milk powder that had staphylococcal enterotoxin A in it.

How it’s made and used

• Nutrient intake in older women⁴

  Postmenopausal women taking skimmed milk powder got more protein and zinc than those taking calcium tablets.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.