Milk Set

Milk Set freeze-dries breast milk, a process its founder Melissa Giels discussed on air. The business invites mothers to enquire about the process through its website and social media pages.

“So, we are Milk Set, so it's M-I-L-K.”

Milk Set is a South African company offering freeze drying of breast milk, described as the first of its kind in the country. Its founder, a nurse midwife, explains how mothers send in expressed milk for processing in individual batches.

“my guest in studio with us, Melissa Hiels, who is a nurse midwife and the founder of a company called Milk Set, which is the first in South Africa to offer freeze drying of breast milk.”

Milk Set is described as the first business in South Africa to offer freeze drying of breast milk. Founder Melissa Hiels, a nurse midwife, explains that each mother's expressed milk is processed in its own batch and returned packaged.

“Okay, so this is a mom comes, she expresses a milk and she freezes it.”

Milk Set freeze-dries breast milk to help breastfeeding mothers store it longer and travel without cooler boxes. The founder, a midwife and registered nurse, started it after her own breastfeeding experience.