Café du Jour Milk Topping

What milk topping is

Milk topping is dried milk in powder form, made for machines that finish a drink with froth rather than with fresh milk. It dissolves quickly in hot liquid and leaves a creamy layer on top, so a cappuccino, a coffee, a tea or a hot chocolate comes out fuller and softer than it would black. Café du Jour Milk Topping comes in a 750 g bag.

What is in it

Skimmed milk makes up 80% of the mix. The rest is milk sugar, with E551 as an anti-caking agent so the powder stays loose and does not cake in the hopper. The milk is freeze-dried and packed immediately, and the product is made in the Netherlands. It contains milk, so it is not suitable for anyone avoiding dairy.

Using it

If your machine has a topping compartment — most office and vending machines do — fill it with the powder and let the machine dose it into the drink itself. That is what gives the even froth layer; stirring it in by hand does not do the same thing. You will find it with the rest of the milk and sugar for coffee machines.

At a glance

• Contents: 750 g bag
• Ingredients: 80% skimmed milk, milk sugar, anti-caking agent E551
• Allergens: contains milk
• Made: freeze-dried and packed immediately, in the Netherlands
• Use with: cappuccino, coffee, tea, hot chocolate; machines with a topping compartment
• Nutrition per 100 g: 370 kcal, 0.5 g fat, 61.8 g carbohydrates of which 61.8 g sugars, 29.8 g protein, 2.5 g salt