Taiwanese attitudes toward milk changed overnight. Sales plummeted not just for infant formulas and milk powder, but for virtually everything containing milk or dairy extracts: instant coffees, teas, cereals ... even chocolates and pastries. Local manufacturers estimated potential losses from the product recall ordered by the Department of Health at nearly NT $ 10 billion.
事發後，國人頓時聞「奶」色變，除了風暴中心的嬰兒奶粉與罐裝奶粉之外，含奶或奶精之飲品，舉凡三合一即溶咖啡、麥片、奶茶，甚至糕餅、巧克力等，一夕之間銷量大減，國內廠商奉衛生署之令而將產品下架、回收衍生的成本，估計近百億台幣。