Abstract: Provide milk powders for confectionery and bakery products that, when added during the production of confectionery and bakery products, can increase the volume of breads, pancakes, cakes, pies, etc., and further add a desirable texture and feel in the mouth to breads, pancakes and cakes. Obtain milk powders for confectionery and bakery products containing 4 to 10 weight-percent of non-protein nitrogen (based on the weight of converted protein) and 1 to 20 weight-percent of ash in a manner keeping the ratio of non-protein nitrogen to total nitrogen to 0.5 or less, by intermixing, as appropriate, dairy ingredients containing non-protein nitrogen with other dairy ingredients such as whole milk powders, skim milk powders, buttermilk powders, whey powders, milk minerals, whey protein concentrates and milk protein concentrates.