# Does anyone buy powdered eggs or milk anymore? What other powdered foods are available?
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks
**Created:** [July 7, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887 "2013-07-07T19:16:40Z")
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/1 "2013-07-07T19:16:40Z")
I’ve heard veterans talk about powdered eggs in the military. Not very fondly either. 🙂
Does anyone in the regular world buy powdered eggs? I can’t ever recall seeing them at the grocery stores. What aisle would they be on?
I haven’t seen powdered milk since the 1980’s Government give away program. (they gave huge blocks of cheese and powdered milk to the poor).
What other powdered foods are available for my culinary delight? 😛
Lets ignore dehydrated food that survivalists, camping, and backpackers buy from specialty places.
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### Author:  [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/2 "2013-07-07T19:24:16Z")
I bought powdered milk at the grocery store a few weeks ago. They had a fair selection of sizes and brands.
My wife uses it as an ingredient in some sort of homemade face scrub.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/3 "2013-07-07T19:25:37Z")
Powdered sugar, although I’m pretty sure that’s not what you’re getting at. Lots of powdered spices as well, but I’m pretty sure they don’t apply either. Neither would flour or cornmeal.
I think the main things that lend themselves to powdering are ones that are liquid, like milk, or that are liquid before cooking. So with that in mind, milk and eggs are obvious, but things like powdered broth/bouillon, and powdered soups are probably available- I haven’t ever actually looked. Powdered buttermilk is definitely available for baking, and there are lots of drink mix powders as well.
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### Author:  [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/4 "2013-07-07T19:27:33Z")
I buy powdered milk for adding to bread dough to make it a bit richer. My bread machine also has a delayed start feature and if you want milk in that bread you have to use powdered.
Powdered egg on the other hand sounds dreadful.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/5 "2013-07-07T19:27:35Z")
I just thought of powdered soup. Lipton Onion and theres a few others.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/6 "2013-07-07T19:30:18Z")
[Powdered Toast](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc5immjUmL1qb6sswo1_500.jpg), of course!
Powdered eggs reminds me of camping with dad. Powdered milk reminds me of when I was a kid. Since I rarely (almost never) drink milk, I used to keep powdered milk so that I could mix some up when I needed milk as an ingredient.
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### Author:  [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/7 "2013-07-07T19:57:30Z")
Powders milk and eggs are used in a lot of foods you might buy, like all-in-one pancake and cake mixes.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/8 "2013-07-07T20:03:05Z")
> [@kayT](#):
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> I buy powdered milk for adding to bread dough to make it a bit richer. My bread machine also has a delayed start feature and if you want milk in that bread you have to use powdered.
[Carnation](http://www.verybestbaking.com/Carnation/Products/Instant-Nonfat-Dry-Milk.aspx) still sells dry milk but the website only mentions its usefulness in baking. When I was a kid, one of the neighbor families had a lot of children but not a lot of money so the mother would use this stuff for drinking, mixed 50/50 with real milk. And my mother used it in a particular recipe.
The OP mentions the use of powdered eggs and milk in the military. Those were settings where refrigeration might have been unavailable, so the powdered stuff was useful for them. Today, refrigeration is available virtually everywhere, and then there is UHT milk that doesn’t need refrigeration.
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/9 "2013-07-07T20:09:58Z")
My mom used to make cocoa mix out of powdered milk, unsweetened cocoa powder, and Sugar Twin. It was god-awful.
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/10 "2013-07-07T20:13:02Z")
We bake with powdered milk all the time. Cornbread, biscuits, muffins etc. Use real milk for cereal and gravy.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/11 "2013-07-07T20:16:15Z")
Powdered eggs, no. But we always have powdered milk, powdered buttermilk and one people have forgotten so far - powdered gelatin.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/12 "2013-07-07T20:16:27Z")
I had powdered whey protein in my oatmeal this morning. I grew up on powdered milk and never bought a single box once I moved out. Yecch.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/13 "2013-07-07T20:21:49Z")
I buy powdered milk for baking bread. I also keep powdered buttermilk around for baking things that need buttermilk.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/14 "2013-07-07T20:26:13Z")
I’ve never seen powdered eggs in a store, but I would imagine you could get them at a camping outfitter or a survivalist or bulk-foods store, and they’re definitely used for industrial cooking (like employee cafeterias) and packaged foods. But then again, I’ve never looked for them, either. This is what I’ve heard is done with lower-grade eggs, as one might imagine. They would be reconstituted and used like scrambled eggs or in baking, I guess.
I have some reconstituted powdered milk in my fridge right now. IMNSHO, instant powdered milk is dreadful, but mine is non-instant (bought on clearance because it was past its sell-by date) and tastes just like fresh skim milk. It actually mixes up in a matter of seconds, not just instantly.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/15 "2013-07-07T20:29:21Z")
You probably aren’t going to find powdered eggs or powdered milk in very many grocery stores. I imagine not too many people buy them.
But they can be bought: [eggs](http://www.amazon.com/Powdered-Whole-Eggs-2-25-Pound/dp/B0006ZN4XE/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1373228720&sr=1-1&keywords=powdered+eggs) and [milk](http://www.amazon.com/Peak-Whole-Milk-Powder-900-Grams/dp/B004K0862K/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1373228898&sr=1-1&keywords=powdered+milk).
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/16 "2013-07-07T20:35:39Z")
The store I work at sells bulk jars of powdered eggs in a small section with other “emergency foods”.
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### Author:  [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/17 "2013-07-07T20:40:19Z")
\*I will not eat them from a sack
I will not eat them in Iraq
I do not like powdered eggs and Spam,
I do not like them Uncle Sam\*
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### Author:  [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/18 "2013-07-07T20:41:38Z")
[Beprepared.com](http://beprepared.com/)has all the freezedried and powdered stuff you need if you’re stocking your nuclear fall-out shelter.
[Powdered tomato, peanut butter, whole eggs and eggwhite powder, butter powder or onion powder, anyone?](http://beprepared.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?p=2&q=powder)
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/19 "2013-07-07T20:43:38Z")
Potato.
Sometimes dried potato comes as flakes of little lumps, but I have also seen it as powder, and even had some quite recently. You can use it to make mash, but that is not very good. However, I use it in certain recipes where the real potato taste and texture would be submerged anyway, and using the dried stuff is a lot quicker than peeling, boiling and mashing.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887/20 "2013-07-07T20:49:10Z")
> [@Maastricht](#):
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> [Beprepared.com](http://beprepared.com/)has all the freezedried and powdered stuff you need if you’re stocking your nuclear fall-out shelter.
Why am I not surprised that company is based in Utah?
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