Malted Milk Powder

Morning starts with new prospects, new challenges and new hope. To perform extra ordinarily, we need extra energy which comes from a healthy diet. Milk is one of the essential requirement of our body. So, every morning a hot cup of milk, with your favorite flavor, which can satisfy your taste buds and can make you healthier, is in any case not a bad idea. Hence, the trend of health drinks started. Malted milk powder became the ruler of the market. Made from milk, wheat flour and malted barley, it became the top most priority for the children and family. Children started drinking milk and families started trusting the company. This health drink started in the late 80's with the introduction of malt milk powder in the market.

History of Malted Milk Powder
With an idea of making a supplement for the infants with wheat and malted based nutrition, London Pharmacist James Horlick with his brother William Horlick founded a company in 1873 to manufacture their own brand. They registered a patent for a new formula enhanced with dried milk. They trademarked its name as malted milk in 1887. It was initially sold as an infant product, but because of its lightweight and high calorie content, it soon became popular among the adults too. Later, products like milk shakes, ice-creams, milk balls, etc. were also made from malted milk powder, and this added to the excitement of relishing the taste buds with something new and healthy.

How to Make this Milk Powder
Malted milk powder ingredients consists of malted barley, wheat flour and milk. Following is the method to prepare it.

• Wheat flour and malted barley are mashed in hot water. In this process starch is converted into maltose.
• Then milk is mixed in it.
• This mixture is then evaporated to form a syrup.
• Syrup is made to dry in an oven to form a cake.
• This cake is milled to get a powdered form.

Nutritional Value of Malted Milk Powder
According the famous milk products manufacturer brand Nestle: 'malted milk is a source of Calcium, Vitamin A and Vitamin D3 and a good source of Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B2'.

Given below is a table which shows the nutritional value of malted milk:

NESTLÉ Malted Milk	Avg Qty per 20g Serving	Avg Qty per 100 g	Avg Qty per 20g with 200mL Whole Milk	Avg Qty per 20g with 200mL Skim Milk
Energy (kJ)	350	1750	930	635
Protein (g)	2.4	12.0	9.2	9.0
Fat - total (g) saturated (g)	1.8 1.2	9.0 6.0	9.6 6.6	2.0 1.3
Carbohydrate (g) sugars (g)	14.3 8.9	71.3 44.7	23.7 18.3	23.7 18.3
Sodium (mg)	60	300	175	160
Calcium (mg)	135 (16% RDI+)	670 (83% RDI+)	371 (46% RDI+)	371 (46% RDI+)
Vitamin A (µg)	100 (13% RDI+)	500 (67% RDI+)	175 (23% RDI+)	100 (13% RDI+)
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.3 (27% RDI+)	1.3 (118% RDI+)	0.3 (27% RDI+)	0.3 (27% RDI+)
Vitamin B2 (mg)	0.7 (41% RDI+)	3.4 (200% RDI+)	0.8 (47% RDI+)	0.8 (47% RDI+)
Vitamin D3 (mg)	1.0 (10% RDI+)	5.0 (50% RDI+)	2.5 (25% RDI+)	1.0 (10% RDI+)

Source - NESTLÉ

Apart from the powdered milk nutrition values malted milk is also famous for its taste. It is also used for making pancakes, biscuits, muffins, malted milk balls, etc. As it has natural sweetener, some people prefer it dry. Now we can get it in many flavors like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, caramel, etc. Try sprinkling some malted powder on your ice-cream and enjoy a more delicious taste than before. You can find many recipes which are made from malted powder and can even try them out at home as, when you know the end product will be good you have many things to explore. So, just give it a try and discover your own recipe with the blend of health and of course taste.