Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP)

Spray-dried SMP by heat class, low, medium and high heat, regular or instant

Skimmed milk powder is bought on composition first and on heat treatment second. The Codex standard for milk powders (CXS 207-1999) sets the floor: milkfat 1.5% maximum, water 5% maximum and milk protein at least 34% of the milk solids-non-fat, so a protein figure quoted on the powder as sold has to be read back to the solids-non-fat basis before two offers are compared. The US ADPI Nonfat Dry Milk standard (v3.0, 2023) is the grading reference most contracts borrow: Extra Grade spray-dried powder at 1.25% fat, 4.0% moisture, 0.15% titratable acidity, 1.2 ml solubility index and 15.0 mg scorched particles per 25 g maximum, 10,000 cfu/g standard plate count and 10 cfu/g coliforms maximum, with Salmonella, Listeria and coagulase-positive Staphylococcus not detected; Standard Grade widens those to 1.50% fat, 5.0% moisture, 0.17% acidity and 50,000 cfu/g. Heat class is set by the whey protein nitrogen index (WPNI): low heat at 6.00 mg/g or more for recombined fluid milk and cheese, medium heat at 1.51-5.99 mg/g for recombined yoghurt and ice cream, and high heat at 1.50 mg/g or less for bakery, where undenatured whey protein depresses loaf volume. Buyers also state regular or instant (agglomerated, lecithinated for cold-water dispersion), and write antibiotic residues and melamine testing into the certificate of analysis; the Codex contaminants standard (CXS 193-1995) caps melamine in food at 2.5 mg/kg. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 0402.10 (milk powder at 1.5% fat or less) total USD 8.24 billion from 108 reporters: the USA at 745,000 MT and an average USD 2,742/MT, New Zealand at 441,000 MT at USD 2,754, Germany at 266,000 MT at USD 2,761, France at 238,000 MT at USD 2,834, Australia at 170,000 MT at USD 3,265, Ireland at 152,000 MT, the Netherlands at 150,000 MT and Poland at 135,000 MT at USD 2,785, with Belgium reporting USD 474 million by value only.

The buyer is a recombining plant making reconstituted milk, yoghurt, evaporated or condensed milk; a bakery or biscuit maker buying high heat; a chocolate or confectionery plant; or a distributor selling 25 kg bags on to all of them. Comtrade 2024 import declarations show where it goes: China at 229,000 MT, Algeria at 208,000 MT, Mexico at 204,000 MT, Indonesia at 201,000 MT, the Philippines at 173,000 MT and Egypt at 86,000 MT. Feed-grade and denatured SMP for calf milk replacer is a separate product with a separate certificate and is never mixed into a food-grade lot. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers food-grade SMP from dairy co-operatives, processors and dairy-ingredient traders in Oceania, the European Union, the USA and South America, against the producer's certificate of analysis and independent inspection at stuffing where the buyer wants it. SMP moves in 25 kg multiwall kraft bags with a polyethylene inner liner, about 18-24 MT to a 20-ft container depending on bag count and whether the load is palletised, with a shelf life stated by the producer, typically up to 24 months stored cool and dry. The documents are set by the destination: a veterinary or dairy health certificate from the origin authority, a halal certificate from a certifier the importing country accepts, a certificate of origin, and the importer's own import permit or registration where the destination requires one. Freight is container freight quoted through the lines and forwarders on FOB, CFR and CIF terms. Send the heat class, grade, regular or instant, the monthly volume and the destination port.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.