Researchers have been studying for decades how breastmilk is affected by the freeze-drying process.
Milk banks and hospitals around the world currently use this technique as a safe and effective way to preserve the nutritional and bioactive components of breastmilk.
(Updated May 2024)
some references you may find useful:
Freeze-drying for the preservation of breast milk (1955)
Evaluation of Freeze-Drying, Pasteurization, High-Temperature Heating
Lipids and Fatty Acids in Human Milk: Benefits and Analysis (2018)
Vitamins, fatty acids, and antioxidant capacity stability during storage ...
Manufacture, quality control and use of freeze-dried human milk (1960)
Preservation of human milk (1960)
Effect of Ultrasonication, Lyophilization, Freezing and Storage on Lipids and Immune ...
Spray and freeze drying of human milk on the retention of immunoglobulins (2016)
Effects of Extended Freezer Storage on the Integrity of Human Milk (2016)
Human Milk Bactericidal Properties: Effect of Lyophilization and Relation to Maternal ...
The impact of freeze-drying on the glycoproteomic profiles of human milk (2020)
The human milk oligosaccharides are not affected by pasteurization and freeze-drying ...
Freeze-drying does not influence the proteomic profiles of human milk (2018)
Effects of Freeze-Drying on Nutrients, Polyphenols and Oxidants (2016)
Retention of Vitamins, Fatty Acids & Antioxidants in Stored Freeze Dried Breast Milk (2014)
Elacta Recommends Freeze Drying Breast Milk For At-Risk Babies (2018)
Effects of Extended Freezer Storage on the Integrity of Human Milk (2016)
