Whole milk powder
What the research shows
No concerns
none of the findings here link it to harm
A dairy product made by drying milk.
It keeps far longer than liquid milk and doesn't need refrigerating.1
What research says
Studies in people
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Open question
Child hormone levels2
In children, drinking milk with progesterone raised their progesterone levels for hours but not days.
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No harm found
Heart and blood sugar health3
In healthy adults, eating whole milk powder for six weeks did not change cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure or body measurements.
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.
References
- 1Powdered milk. Wikipedia. Accessed September 26, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2Wu J, Shi X, Zhang M, et al. Short-term serum and urinary changes in sex hormones of healthy pre-pubertal children after the consumption of commercially available whole milk powder: a randomized, two-level, controlled-intervention trial in China. Food Funct. 2022;13(20):10823-10833. doi:10.1039/d2fo02321k
- 3Rooney M, O'Connor A, Gollogly C, et al. The impact of pasture-fed versus total mixed ration derived whole milk powder (WMP) on circulating fatty acid concentrations and cardiometabolic health in healthy adults: Results from a randomized controlled crossover trial. J Nutr Biochem. 2025;145:110004. doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2025.110004