How to make milk powder

Powder is a core component in food processing. These tiny particles are filled with characteristics that power the next product, making it better and more nutritious.  What is your powder made of? And what does it become? This film guides you through a milk powder process, explaining what happens every step of the way.

How to make milk powder

Powder is a core component in food processing. These tiny particles are filled with characteristics that power the next product, making it better and more nutritious.  What is your powder made of? And what does it become? This film guides you through a milk powder process, explaining what happens every step of the way.

Processing line

Build your optimal end to end powder handling line

Deep dive into our equipment’s features and key benefits, and learn how you can handle infant formula, baby cereal and flavoured milk on the same powder handling line – from bag tipping to conveying and packing, with full automation and traceability.

Powder handling equipment
Processing equipment for powder

Integrated food powder solutions

Powder plants are huge, given the nature of the process, but every tiniest detail is controlled – from raw material intake and standardisation, via cutting edge filtration, evaporation, and spray drying, all the way to packaging. Have a closer look!

Processing equipment for powder

Integrated food powder solutions

Powder plants are huge, given the nature of the process, but every tiniest detail is controlled – from raw material intake and standardisation, via cutting edge filtration, evaporation, and spray drying, all the way to packaging. Have a closer look!

Ingredient powder equipment

Tetra Pak Evaporator

Evaporation

Evaporation

Ensuring process efficiency and continuous flow are big challenges in evaporation. As a leading equipment producer, we have what it takes to meet your needs.
Spray drying equipment

Spray drying

Spray drying

Spray drying extends product shelf life, while reducing weight and volume. Explore our industry-leading spray dryers for dairy and plant-based products.
Tetra Pak Bag Tipping unit vs 800

Tipping & discharging for powder handling

Tipping & discharging for powder handling

Start powder handling right, with safe, high-efficiency tipping & discharge equipment. We handle a wide range of materials, formats, capacities and rates.
Tetra Pak Screw Conveyor ET

Conveying & transferring

Conveying & transferring

From heavy-duty truck discharge to ‘high-care’ conveyors and high-pressure discharging systems, our solutions meet your every conveying and transfer need.
Tetra Pak Dust Filter FL200

Filtration & separation

Filtration & separation

Hygienic dust filtering is a critical step. Our filters separate and recycle powder from air flow in volumetric exchange or pneumatic conveying applications.
Tetra Pak Sifter TR201

Screening and sifting

Screening and sifting

With options for sifting, crushing and cleaning, our screening & sifting equipment crushes lumps, removes foreign bodies, and catches ferrous particles.
Tetra Pak Powder Feeder DN061

Dosing & weighing

Dosing & weighing

Tetra Pak powder feeder and screw conveyor solutions meet all your powder dosing and weighing needs, precisely controlling both flow and accurate dosing.
Tetra Pak Powder Mixer B3500

Mixing & blending solutions for powder

Mixing & blending solutions for powder

Dry mixing must ensure homogeneity quickly and without damaging particles. Convection and diffusion technologies make our solutions fast, accurate and gentle.
Big Bag Filling unit, powder filling equipment

Packing and handling

Packing and handling

For Big Bag filling, our units are safe, easy to operate and clean. They meet stringent hygiene standards and help prevent powder loss and dust emissions.
Tetra Pak Air Jet Cleaning system for Powder

Powder cleaning

Powder cleaning

Handling lots of recipes demands frequent cleaning. Our solution helps you avoid unnecessary downtime, switch recipes easily, and keep quality high.

Optimise your powder process

Producing ingredient powders can be both complex and competitive, so producers are constantly looking for ways to become more efficient while at the same time achieving higher quality. Hope these articles can inspire you.

Spoons with different types of powder

Common powder mixing challenges – and how to solve them

If you are experiencing foaming, lumping or clogging of your powder, and can’t seem to resolve the problem, read this article. It explains why it happens and provides solutions to these problems.
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Increase capacity and flexibility with Tetra Pak® PlantMaster

A milk and whey-based powder ingredient producer in central Europe constructed a new fully integrated, automated, and high-capacity production site – with built in flexibility and traceability.

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Infant formula and baby bottle

Nutritional powder production equipment

Babies, elderly, and just about everyone – nutritional powder production have a wide appeal. See our solutions and expertise for safe and nutritious products.
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Powdered food processing and technology

The right powder can take any food or beverage product to the next level. What support do you need for powdered food processing? We’d love to help out.
Milk powder

Milk powder processing and production

Milk powder processing is a convenient format with a further range of products. It has a longer shelf life and is favourably with the environmental cost.

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