I haven’t looked too closely at powdered milk. It seems most I see (at WM for example) has about a six-month shelf life.
Which is not bad. Maybe there’s better options.
I know there’s longer storage versions. I’ve tried some of it. I don’t get too excited about “best buy” dates.
My canned pasta (Chef Boyardee used to be 68 cents at WM - now about 98 cents) was almost a year past. It was just fine when I finally ate it. Multiple cans of it.
Yeah, the cheap stuff is fine for me.
we keep a bit of powdered milk in a jar in the deep freeze because of its short shelf life. otoh, we keep several cases of evaporated and sweetened condensed milk in rotation. Longer shelf life, multiple uses and a source of water.
We get it canned from one of the prepper food places when we don’t have time to drive over to the Mormon Cannery (it’s a 2 hour drive). . .
Lasts 20 years unopened. We also use it for cooking, so a
#10 can of powdered milk or a #10 can of powdered whole eggs rarely lasts more than a few months until gone. . .