SOLID MILK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

It is intended to provide a solid milk having favorable dissolution properties and strength and a method of producing the same. It is found out that a solid milk having a sufficient strength and dissolution properties can be obtained fundamentally starting with milk powder alone by compression molding the milk powder while controlling the porosity and free fat thereof within definite ranges and then humidifying the same followed by drying. Based on this finding, the above problem can be solved by, for example, a solid milk having a porosity of from 30% to 50%; and a method comprising the compression molding step wherein a milk powder is compressed to give a compressed milk powder in a solid state, the humidifying step for humidifying the compressed milk powder obtained in the compression molding step and the drying step for drying the compressed milk powder having been humidified in the humidifying step.