How do I know I'm getting back my own milk?

Every customer's milk is processed completely separately, start to finish, in individually sealed Pure Protect pouches. Milk is never pooled or mixed between customers, and sachets come back labelled and tracked the whole way.

Does freeze-drying damage the nutrients?

No heat is used at any stage. Water is removed under vacuum while the milk stays cold, preserving key antibodies, immune factors and vitamins.

Do you offer free shipping? What if I live rurally?

Metro collection and return shipping is free and included in the kit price. Rural addresses attract a $150 rural freight fee that covers safe collection and return of your milk.

Is freeze-dried breast milk safe? What standards are followed?

The facility is built to HACCP-aligned and ISO Class 8 cleanroom standards, and water activity is lab-tested on every batch to support a 3-year shelf life. Milk never touches shared equipment.

How do I know I'm getting back my own milk?

Every customer's milk is processed completely separately, start to finish, in individually sealed Pure Protect pouches. Milk is never pooled or mixed between customers, and sachets come back labelled and tracked the whole way.

Does freeze-drying damage the nutrients?

No heat is used at any stage. Water is removed under vacuum while the milk stays cold, preserving key antibodies, immune factors and vitamins.

Do you offer free shipping? What if I live rurally?

Metro collection and return shipping is free and included in the kit price. Rural addresses attract a $150 rural freight fee that covers safe collection and return of your milk.

Is freeze-dried breast milk safe? What standards are followed?

The facility is built to HACCP-aligned and ISO Class 8 cleanroom standards, and water activity is lab-tested on every batch to support a 3-year shelf life. Milk never touches shared equipment.

Breast Milk Freeze-Drying

Your milk,
preserved.

Q: How much powder will I get back, and how do I use it?

Freeze-drying only removes the water. When you rehydrate the powder with the right amount of water, you get back the same volume of milk you sent in. Every order includes simple mixing instructions.

We turn your frozen stash into shelf-stable breast milk powder that lasts up to 3 years. Same milk, same nutrients. No freezer required.

★★★★★4.9Trusted by 1,500+ Aussie mums

Everything included, no extras to buyFree metro home collection, booked via SMS100% your milk, processed individually and separately

Kits from$280

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Why Freeze-Dry

Your stash deserves
better than a freezer.

One power outage. One door left ajar. One house move. That's all it takes to lose months of 3am pumping, and there's no way to make that milk again.

3 years shelf-stable

Store it in the pantry. No freezer, no power, no risk. Use it when your baby needs it most.

Nutrients stay intact

Freeze-drying is gentle and heat-free, preserving key antibodies, immune factors and vitamins.

Goes anywhere

Returned as light, compact powder that takes a quarter of the space and rehydrates like formula.

The Science, Simply

Freeze-drying, explained
in 30 seconds.

No heat, nothing added, nothing taken away except the water. Here's exactly what happens to your milk.

Frozen solid

Your milk stays deeply frozen from your freezer to ours, then goes into the freeze dryer inside its own sealed Pure Protect pouch.

Water lifts away

Under a gentle vacuum, the ice turns straight into vapour and leaves the milk. No heat is ever used, so the delicate goodness stays put.

Sealed for years

What's left is 100% your milk as a fine powder, lab-tested and sealed into labelled sachets that live happily in the pantry.

To use it: add water, stir, and feed as normal. You get back the same volume of milk you sent in. Simple mixing instructions come printed with every order.

The Ticking Clock

How long does breast milk
really last?

Most mums are surprised how short the freezer window actually is. Here's the official guidance, side by side with freeze-dried.

In the freezer

The clock is ticking

Freezer box inside the fridge2 weeks

Freezer with its own door3 months

Deep freeze (-18°C or below)6 to 12 months

Storage times as recommended by the Australian Breastfeeding Association. And every one of them depends on the power staying on.

Freeze-dried, in the pantry

Up to 3 years

Shelf-stable at room temperature. No freezer, no power, no ticking clock. Just your milk, ready whenever your baby needs it.

Freeze-dried breast milk36 months

We lab-test water activity on every batch to support a true 3-year shelf life.

Your Trust, Our Standard

How we protect
every drop.

This isn't a side project, it's the whole business. Here's exactly how we keep your milk yours, from pickup to powder.

100% Yours, Always

Every customer's milk is processed completely separately, start to finish. Never shared, never mixed.

Sealed, Sterile Pouches

Your milk is freeze-dried inside individually sealed Pure Protect pouches. It never touches our equipment.

Lab-Tested, Every Batch

We test water activity on every run, built for a true 3-year shelf life.

Purpose-Built Facility

Built to HACCP-aligned and ISO Class 8 cleanroom standards. A dedicated, food-safety-first facility.

Run by a small, family team in Geelong, Jess, Tiana and Chris, who handle your milk personally, not a faceless production line.

Size Calculator

Not sure which kit
you need?

Pop in your bag count and we'll tell you instantly which kit fits your stash.

Find your kit size

Enter your bags, or total weight if you know it.

No. of bags

Bag size (ml)

Total weight (kg)

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Your stash is over 12 litres, lucky you! Get in touch and we'll sort a custom bulk rate for you.

Estimates based on full bags. When in doubt, size up.

Four Kit Sizes

One price,
everything included.

Pick the kit that fits your stash. Shipping, cooler, GPS tracker and return sachets all included. No extras to buy.

Every kit includes

Medical-grade insulated coolerGPS trackerPrepaid overnight shippingIndividual processingPowder in labelled sachets

🚚 Metro shipping is free. If you're in a rural area, a $150 rural freight fee applies at checkout. This covers the cost of safely collecting and returning your milk from your address.

Small

1.5 – 2 litres

Roughly 12 to 17 full 120ml bags

$280

Medium

3.5 – 4 litres

Roughly 29 to 33 full 120ml bags

$440

Large

5 – 6 litres

Roughly 42 to 50 full 120ml bags

$650

Extra Large

10 – 12 litres

Roughly 83 to 100 full 120ml bags

$1,170

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What's in
the box

A medical-grade cooler with everything you need for a safe, temperature-controlled journey to our facility and back.

Medical-grade insulated shipping cooler
Ice packs (if needed)
GPS tracking device
Prepaid overnight return label
Easy-to-follow packing instructions
Powder returned in individual labelled sachets

Two Ways To Send Your Milk

Wherever you are,
we've got a path for you.

Australia-wide shipping, or local drop-off if you're near Geelong. Same trusted process either way.

Australia-Wide

Ship Your Milk

From $280

Free metro home collection, booked via SMS
Medical-grade cooler + GPS tracker included
Prepaid overnight return shipping
Available anywhere in Australia

Live rurally? A $150 rural freight fee applies. This covers the cost of safely moving your milk between your rural address and our facility, both ways.

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Geelong, VIC

Local Drop-Off

Same per-litre rate

Drop your milk straight to our facility
Meet the team, Jess, Tiana & Chris
No shipping wait either direction
Same individual processing & sachets

Book Local Drop-Off

How It Works

Four simple steps.
We handle the rest.

Order your kit

Choose your kit size and place your order. Your kit ships within 3 business days.

We SMS to book collection

You'll receive a text to schedule a free metro pickup from your home.

Free metro collection

Pack and hand it over

Place your frozen milk bags in the cooler, seal it with the prepaid label, and give it to the courier.

Receive your powder

Your breast milk powder is returned in individual, labelled sachets, ready when your baby needs it. We keep you updated at every step.

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Real Mums, Real Stashes

Don't take
our word for it.

★★★★★

Our battery system on our camper failed during the trip — our fridge and freezer turned off overnight without us realising. I lost a little milk I'd pumped the night before, but luckily didn't have any in the freezer because I'd brought the freeze dried sachets instead. Absolute life saver. Will 100% be using again when I build up another stash.

Tayla

★★★★★

Absolute amazing idea and product, not having to cart around fresh or frozen as a back up is the best and the stress is gone!

Danii

★★★★★

I've used The Milk Fairy twice now and honestly couldn't recommend them enough. The whole process was so easy both times and the quality of the freeze-dried milk is amazing. I love that my precious milk isn't going to waste. Tiana especially is just gorgeous and so lovely to deal with — she genuinely goes above and beyond. When I went to pick up my milk, my baby had fallen asleep in the car and she actually brought everything out to me so I didn't have to wake them up. You can tell the girls really care about their clients. Thanks Fairys 💕

Ruby

Quick Questions

Before you
get started.

The questions we hear most, answered right here so you don't have to go digging.

Your kit ships within 3 business days of ordering. Once we receive your milk, processing typically takes [X], and we'll keep you updated by SMS and email at every step. Need it sooner? Just get in touch and we'll see what we can do.

Every customer's milk is processed completely separately, start to finish, in individually sealed Pure Protect pouches. We never pool or mix milk between customers, and your sachets come back labelled and tracked the whole way.

Freeze-drying only removes the water, nothing else. When you rehydrate the powder with the right amount of water, you get back the same volume of milk you sent in. Every order comes with simple mixing instructions: add water, stir, and feed as normal.

Freeze-drying is one of the gentlest preservation methods there is. No heat is used at any stage. The water is removed under vacuum while the milk stays cold, which is exactly why this method is used for delicate biological products. Key antibodies, immune factors and vitamins are preserved.

Metro collection and return shipping is free and included in your kit price. If you live in a rural area, a $150 rural freight fee applies. This covers the additional cost of safely collecting and returning your milk from your address. You'll see this added at checkout if it applies to your postcode.

Many mums tell us their baby took to the freeze-dried powder more easily than the same milk straight from the freezer. Results vary from bub to bub, so if this is a concern, we're always happy to chat through it before you commit your full stash.

Our facility is built to HACCP-aligned and ISO Class 8 cleanroom standards, and we lab-test water activity on every single batch, consistently well below the level needed for a true 3-year shelf life. Your milk never touches our equipment at any point.

Got a different question? Get in touch. We're a real, small team and we actually read every message.

Ready When You Are

Preserve your
liquid gold today

Every day you wait is another day your freezer is the only thing protecting your stash. Lock it in for the next three years.

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Four Kit Sizes

One price,
everything included.

Pick the kit that fits your stash. Shipping, cooler, GPS tracker and return sachets all included. No extras to buy.

Every kit includes

Medical-grade insulated coolerGPS trackerPrepaid overnight shippingIndividual processingPowder in labelled sachets

🚚 Metro shipping is free. If you're in a rural area, a $150 rural freight fee applies at checkout. This covers the cost of safely collecting and returning your milk from your address.