Solid milk and method of making the same

Abstract

The present invention is based on knowledge that basically, solid milk provided with both of adequate strength and solubility can be obtained by using only powdered milk as ingredient to be provided with compression molding under state where the porosity and the free fat is controlled within predetermined ranges, and then humidified and dried. Namely, solid milk having porosity of 30%-60%, and method of making solid milk including: a compression step for compressing powdered milk to obtain a solid form of compressed powdered milk; a humidifying step for humidifying the compressed powdered milk obtained by the compression step; and a drying step for drying the compressed powdered milk humidified by the humidifying step achieves the object of providing solid milk having preferred solubility and strength, and method of making the same.

1 . Solid milk with a porosity of 30% to 60%, comprising 1 wt % to 2.5 wt % of free fat and an interstice, the size of the interstice being 10 micrometers to 500 micrometers. 
     
     
         2 . The solid milk according to  claim 1 , wherein the size of the interstice is 50 micrometers to 300 micrometers. 
     
     
         3 . The solid milk according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid milk comprises 1 wt % to 4 wt % of water. 
     
     
         4 . The solid milk according to  claim 1 , wherein a volume of the solid milk is 1 cm 3  to 50 cm 3 . 
     
     
         5 . The solid milk according to  claim 1 , wherein only powdered milk is used as a basic ingredient.