A low germ milk powder having a WPNI of at least 2 is provided, from which (a) a milk ingredient is provided; (b) optionally the cream is separated from the milk ingredient; (c) the milk ingredient ismicrofiltered to obtain the low germ filtrate P1 and germ contaminated retentate R1 after cream is separated optionally; (d) the filtrate is mixed with a liquid fatty phase and a solid active agent phase; (e) optionally, heat treatment is performed on the mixture obtained from step (d); and (f) the optionally heat-treated mixture of step (d) or (e) is processed to obtain a dry powder.