Composed of 脱脂 (defatted; with the fat removed), 粉 (powder), and 乳 (milk). Reads with sokuon ({だっ}し) and the nasal-doubling typical when {ふん} meets {にゅう} ({ふんにゅう}).
USAGE:
In modern Japan, this word carries strong nostalgic and sometimes negative associations because of its prominent role in postwar school lunches. From the late 1940s through the early 1970s, donated American skim milk powder was reconstituted with hot water and served in school lunches; many older Japanese remember the smell and taste with distaste, and 脱脂粉乳 is often invoked as a symbol of postwar privation. It is still used today as an industrial ingredient, but consumers more often encounter the term スキムミルク on supermarket shelves. 脱脂乳 (without the 粉) refers to liquid skim milk before drying.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 脱脂粉乳を溶かす: to reconstitute skim milk powder
- 脱脂粉乳を使う: to use skim milk powder
- 給食の脱脂粉乳: school-lunch skim milk powder
- 脱脂粉乳入り: containing skim milk powder
SIMILAR WORDS:
- スキムミルク: skim milk — modern consumer term, same product
- 粉乳: powdered milk — broader, includes whole-milk powder
- 全脂粉乳: whole-milk powder — the full-fat counterpart
- 脱脂乳: liquid skim milk — the same product before being dried
- コンデンスミルク: condensed milk — concentrated, sweetened liquid form