full-cream milk powder produced by the alternative process involving homogenization of citrated cream, mixing of skim milk and citrated homogenized cream and spray drying were of good quality. Although the homogenization step of the whole of the milk in full-cream milk powder manufacture is considered optional, it is desirable for obtaining a powder with lower free-fat and higher quality characteristics. The alternative process of homogenizing only the cream fraction is a compromise between a process that does not use a homogenization step and homogenization of the whole milk.