This article describes the composition and uses of sweetened condensed milk (SCM), for both the traditional product manufactured from fresh milk and the recombined product manufactured from skimmed milk powder and butterfat, or vegetable fat or oil. It also addresses commercial products, usually called sweetened condensed creamer or alike, that do not comply with the legal standards for SCM, but have similar use. An overall processing scheme is given. The individual processing steps (addition of sugar, preheating, concentration, homogenization, seeding and cooling, and packing) and possible variations thereof are discussed, with emphasis on consequences for the end product. Finally, problems that may occur with microbiology, crystallization of lactose, color and flavor, and age gelation are discussed.