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Why do people freeze-dry their milk?


Reducing breast milk to a powder form solves a couple of issues. First, it makes the milk shelf-stable and usable for three years. You don't need to keep it in the refrigerator or freezer.

Second, removing the water from the milk decreases its weight. If you're pumping exclusively and need to lug full bottles and ice packs with you everywhere, you'll understand the appeal. And also this enables you to ship freeze-dried milk long distances at a less expensive, without fretting about it accidentally thawing and spoiling.

Frequent travel for work, concerns about milk expiring, worries about losing a stash or just wanting freezer space back are some of the common reasons that parents choose to freeze-dry, Luck said. Military parents, who on short notice may need to grab and move everything — including a stuffed freezer — have also made usage of the service.

Some parents say that the baby who doesn't just like the taste of a parent's frozen and defrosted milk will more readily take freeze-dried milk, in accordance with Luck and Janna Hattingh, the dog owner of Booby Food, a company in Canada's Alberta province that also freeze-dries breast milk.

So how exactly does it work?

Karrie Locher, a postpartum nurse and mother of four in St. Louis, used Booby Food to freeze-dry some of her milk.

“I was incredibly worried about the international shipping,” Locher told HuffPost. But she decided to go with Booby Food because Milkify, which was nearer to her home, didn't have any availability.

“I was sent a ‘breast milk shipper,' which contains a package, insulated cooler and prepaid shipping label inside. I packed up my frozen milk per the instructions and shipped it through FedEx,” said Locher.

“The dog owner [Hattingh] tracked it with me and assured me it would be just fine. She takes the cooler temps when it reaches her, and each of my milk was still frozen solid when it arrived.”

Locher said she's saving most of her freeze-dried milk for later as it can last way too long, but her son drank a jar without issue and even ate some that she sprinkled into his dinner one evening.

HuffPost found three North American companies dedicated exclusively to freeze-drying breast milk: Booby Food, Milkify and Booby-Licious, a company that launched in June and is also located in Texas.

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A distinction between the services is that Milkify and Booby-Licious process milk one bag at any given time, with each learning to be a bag of freeze-dried powder that's a unique water ratio for serving. This technique reduces opportunities for potential contamination, Luck said.

Booby Food, meanwhile, pools most of a person's milk and divides the freeze-dried powder evenly into bags which have the same water ratio.

“Their water ratio is unique with their breast milk, and they don't really need certainly to filter through different bags to find the correct amount they want,” said Hattingh.

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