This is the correct reference from Lawrence it goes on to say to bring the
milk to scald then rapidly cool-freeze.  This is the point just before
boiling and where cows milk forms a skin.  I don't know if human milk also
forms a skin.  This process deactivates the enzyme that breaks down the fat
in the milk to give the soapy smell.

Peggy Toman RN BSN IBCLC

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>From LLLI's Breastfeeding Answer Book (1997), p. 191--

"Some mothers have reported a slightly soapy smell to their frozen milk
after it was thawed.  This change in smell has been attributed to changes in
the milk fats related to storage in self-defrosting refrigerator-freezers;
it has not been found to be harmful to the baby (Lawrence, p. 619)."

I've had mothers say the baby will not accept milk that has this strong odor
and others who say the baby couldn't care less.

Amy Brown, IBCLC

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