[Hippocrates_Garden]

Gold standard would likely be freeze drying, but seeing as that’s not an option for most of us, at minimum, vacuum seal. Not sure if an oxygen absorber would help or hurt. Some things it turns into a bit of a brick.

[MartHale7]

I vacuum seal mine. Another option would to make mozzarella cheese out of the powdered milk, then put it in cheese wax… ( never tried it but I heard it works ).

[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

Have you ever tried the NIDO brand of powdered milk?? It is Vitamin D WHOLE MILK, not low-fat like most powdered milk is. I find it in the Spanish Food section at Walmart & grocery stores. It has 53 servings per can (and it is a real can, not cardboard) and is now running about $17. It has gone up like everything else. It actually tastes like REAL STOREBOUGHT MILK (not like FRESH milk, which is almost impossible to find nowadays since the FDA has shut down most all sales unless you can find an individual that will sell it to you that has cows/goats). Mix it up ahead of time & refrigerate & it tastes GREAT, to drink or have on cereal or however you want to use it.

[MartHale7]

I picked up a 50 lb bag of butter milk which was discounted. I adore this stuff.. Nestle is the best tasting, but I do not like Nestle’s business practices so I avoid them. I adore their chocolate, but do other brands as I don’t respect the company…

https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/food/dairy/milk/powders/buttermilk/buttermilk-powder-non-instant-organic/6874?package=BP151

[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

Thanks for the heads up on Nestle. I had not heard of their business practices and just 2 days ago I had a YT vid come up about the history of Nestle Corp. I HAD NO CLUE! Mr Nestle, the original founder had good intentions by developing infant formula for mothers that could not breastfeed their babies. The formula he came up with at least gave the babies a chance to THRIVE & SURVIVE. He made a fortune with the formula and then sold the Nestle business when profits began taking a downward spiral. The greedy 3 gentlemen that bought Nestle decided to hire women that posed as nurses to visit new mothers to encourage continued use of the infant formula. Advertising pushed the infant formula but they changed the formula which caused MANY deaths of babies due to malnutrition. To save the reputation of their once infamous formula, they started pushing BREAST FEEDING so the general public would see that Nestle was on board with the health & well-being of babies but of course, their true intentions were kind of like reverse psychology and it was as businesses now days trying to increase sales no matter what they had to tell the public to convince them of their narrative. 3rd world countries that didn’t have access to CLEAN WATER were mixing the formula with dirty water causing sickness & death of the babies.
Then the 3 partners decided to monopolize the CANDY/Chocolate industry and joined forces with their chocolate production/sales. They had a game plan to keep their prices so as not to be competitive with each other’s products so they had the monopoly of the candy industry. Typical GREED of those to CONTROL the money flow and destroy their competitors.

I could go on with their other nefarious actions but they turned out to be like our modern day companies/corporations where they were only concerned with sales of their products and to remain in control of SALES. I now understand your concern of their business practices.

Then a vid came up about the Coca Cola business but haven’t finished watching that video. Is there any true and honest businesses in operation these days…we all know the answers to that.

I checked out the Azure products with the link you sent and will be purchasing from them with my next order.
I’m glad I prefer chocolates from other companies over Nestle but since I don’t eat a lot of candies that isn’t a big deal with me. I also had no clue about Nescafe coffee they developed to put in the soldiers rations and other products they’ve developed & used throughout the years. All for the love of money, greed and sales. I was really surprised to see that most of the products on the market these days are affiliated with NESTLE or owned by them…Libby’s, General Mills, etc.
Thanks for the eye-opening HEADS UP I had no clue existed, but honestly not surprised in the least.

[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

I vacuum-seal mine, also. My experience with ANY food products in “boxes” is that the cardboard absorbs moisture regardless of the humidity in your area or home/pantry. I found that out the hard way storing boxes of salt that turned into rocks. I was able to remove it from the box by cutting it away from the salt rock, taking a rubber mallet & beat it in a zip lock bag covered with a thick towel and it worked to break it back up to granulated salt (or whatever they call it nowadays). Then I vacuum-sealed it. I tried storing some in glass storage jars but it also started to get lumpy even tho I thought it was sealed tight with the lid. Some things are porous, even if you think they are airtight.

[PWDOhioRaptureReady]

I vacuum seal in a jar.

[CarlHopf]

I put my dry milk, in their pouches, in my food saver. Three pouches per bag. Works for me.

[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

It is hard to know how dry milk is packaged these days. When I used to buy it a few yrs ago it came in big boxes as a loose powder. Then they started packaging it in boxes but in individual pouches. Now I’ve noticed they are packaging it as loose powder in zip-lock plastic bags (at Walmart, not sure about other stores/brands). I have all of my dry milk, loose powder& pouches, etc., stored in vacuum seal bags, regardless, even the pouches. The person starting this discussion just said they were gifted 3 boxes of dry milk but didn’t stipulate if it was loose powder or pouches so it is hard to tell them how to store it properly other than just to vacuum seal it regardless of what form the milk is inside the box. I’m with you on vacuum sealing the pouches, too, as that just gives them extra protection for long-term storage.

[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

I vacuum seal many things in canning jars, too. Especially dehydrated potatoes, sweet potatoes, citrus fruit, tomato powder I’ve made from dehydrated tomatoes, green powder made from the greens I dried, crushed to use in smoothies, etc. I’ve had no problem with moisture vacuum sealing in canning jars. The “STORAGE JARS” I used to store the salt I had that turned into bricks were not your standard canning jars and had locking lids (the metal bands that flip down to close). I failed to put oxygen absorbers or moisture absorbers in those jars so I’m not sure if they didn’t have a good seal or needed the absorber(s). I had gotten them at a Thrift Store as a set. I checked the rubber seals & the locking bands & they all looked good & worked. I moved the salt to half-gallon canning jars that I could vacuum seal & all is good now.
At the time, back in 2020 when the c-19 plandemic started it was almost impossible to find ANY canning jars in my area. It is still sporadic to find canning jars of ANY SIZE here. I found it frustrating this summer when I needed them and could find a case here & there but after the gardening season was over, suddenly pallets of jars were at Walmart in the center aisles. You bet I stocked up then to have for future use this winter for canning deer meat.

[Raymond]

The dried milk I was gifted is in plastic pouches. I think I will be vacuum sealing them. And that is a great idea to leave them in the package they came in.