prepper pantry best powdered milk long term food storage how to Nido Fortificada hi
it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper milk for food storage it can really
be complicated to stockpile milk there are different kinds of milks that you can buy
that last from a short term to a long term food storage but we know that fresh milk is
just not going to last that long the most common way that people store milk for long
term food storage emergencies stockpile to have a lot of milk on hand is to store the non-fat dried
milk the problem with the non-fat dried milk is it's just horrible tasting store what you eat
and eat what you store I have never been able to find a way to disguise the horrible flavor
of instant non-fat dried milk it can last for many years you can buy nonfat powdered milk in number
10 cans that are designed to last for decades you can preserve nonfat powdered milk in mylar bags
in five gallon buckets you can store powdered milk in canning jars you can use a foodsaver to
vacuum seal powdered milk you can even use oxygen absorbers but I choose not to do that because this
stuff just tastes terrible I don't want to spend my food storage dollars or waste my pantry space
on foods that i find unpalatable under alternative I did find to milk that I find
is very palatable delicious and useful is the Nido Fortificada dry whold milk it looks like Nido but
it's Hispanic you can find it on the Hispanic aisle because it's actually produced in Mexico
Nido Fortificada comes in different varieties that are designed for small children
enriched like formula type milks but this one that's the Nido Fortificada is absolutely perfect
for my milk needs in long-term food storage you can read on the label the nutritional facts and
the ingredients Nico dry milk comes in a can it has a tight fitting plastic lid but if you open
up the top lid you can see it isn't a sealed up can all the way around like cans that we would buy
corn beans fruit and other foods it has like an aluminum foil seal like you might find on snack
foods that you would peel it back for easy access but that's not going to seal the milk up as long
as other kinds of cans of food for long term food storage prepper pantry stockpile when I
bought Nido milk it had a best buy used by sell by date of a year and a half but it's easy to extend
the usage of this dry milk food even after you open it one thing to know is you need
to keep milk powdered milks and all kinds of milk stored in an airtight container you can repackage
Nido powdered milk into other containers but make sure you don't use container that ever held
something that had any kind of a aroma or a flavor because that will easily be transferred into your
milk you can also store Nido powdered milk in the freezer after you've opened it and that will help
it to last for a long time how tightly sealed is the Nido Fortificada powdered milk I had to
pull and pull and finally get a little pair of pliers to open up the aluminum foil type top
you can see the Nico fortificada powdered milk is nice and powdery it has a thick consistency
it's dense and that's what you get with a powdered whole milk to serve Nido fortificada powdered milk
you would measure one quarter cup of the Nido dry milk powder into one cup of water always put the
water in the container first so it's easier to stir it up and it won't get any clumps you can
see Nido fortificada powdered milk easily mixes together it looks nice and rich it doesn't have
any clumps in it and it smells just like milk most of us want to drink milk cold so after you mix it
together if you're planning on drinking it put it into an airtight container like a canning jar with
a tight fitting lid and store the powdered milk mixture in the refrigerator pour it out when you
want to use it if you wanted to make a quart of milk add one cup of the needle powder into
your quart of water it's easy to mix it up into a canning jar stir it around or even shake it
put on the lid and place it in the refrigerator until you're ready to use it i like to store the
Nido powdered milk in several different ways the first way I like to store the Nido fortificada
powdered milk is in a ziploc sandwich bag I can place one cup of the milk powder
into each bag and that can make a quart of powdered milk I can seal them up and about
three of the bags which would make three quarts of milk can be stored in a clean canning jar
you can store Nido powdered milk directly in a clean canning jar spoon it in carefully it's
very powdery so you want to be delicate with it and then you can sort of tap tap tap the jar down
to get the milk powder to settle add a little more wipe the lid to remove any excess put on a
clean canning jar lid and a ring if you wanted to store these for long term you could vacuum seal it
or add an oxygen absorber but just sealing it in the jar is going to help it last for several years
then whether you want to make a quart of milk or spoon out a little bit for a recipe you have
it in either format I have a bag of powdered milk I can pull out to make a quart of milk
or if I want to use it in a recipe I can spoon it out of a jar that it's just stored in the jar
when you buy the Nido powdered milk it has 53 one cup servings of milk there's four cups in a quart
four quarts in a gallon so you can see that you're getting a lot of milk with your 53 cups I paid
about 15 dollars for the Nido milk at Walmart but you need to look for it not with the other
milk but on the Hispanic food aisle that's where you'll find the Nido fortificada powdered milk if
you have any tips or tricks on how you store for your long-term food storage please share
it in the comments below there's so many different techniques and ways that we do things we can learn
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