Powdered milk makes it sweeter?

Matt_118984

I was experimenting with a recipe for chocolate milk tonight. I bought some powdered milk for the Chef Steps Soft Serve Ice Cream that I'll be trying this weekend. I decided to try adding some to whole milk to see what it would do. Here's the recipe I tried:

400g whole milk

40g powdered milk

8g cocoa powder

8g powdered sugar

Prior to adding the powdered milk, I tried some of the chocolate milk. It was not very sweet.

After adding the powdered milk, is what about the perfect sweetness for my taste.

The ingredients listed on the powdered milk package are:

- nonfat powdered milk

- vitamin A palmitate

- vitamin D3

Where is the sweetness coming from? The extra lactose?

Thanks.

tshewman

If I recall powdered milk has about 3 times the sugar content of 1% milk (by weight). That was about 20 years ago so not sure if that was accurate, but seems reasonable.