To put the market for kids' food and beverage in context, it is estimated that retail sales of all food and beverages in the U.S. will reach $639 billion with kids' food and beverages accounting for roughly 3.5% of sales. In 2013, total value of kids' food and beverage is estimated to be worth $23.2 billion.

Texture plays an integral role in food.

Watson Inc. was honored to be among industry experts presenting at the recent SupplySide West convention in Las Vegas. Alice Wilkinson, Watson’s vice president of quality and nutritional research and development, addressed the topic, “Key Considerations in the Formulation of Nutrient Premixes and the Benefit of Microencapsulated Nutrients.”

Multisorb Technologies will showcase sorbent solutions for food and beverage packaging at Pack Expo 2014 in Chicago, Nov. 2-5, 2014. Food product developers and packaging professionals are invited to visit Multisorb at Booth 4143.

Brookfield Engineering’s new DV1 Viscometer is the lowest-cost, continuous sensing digital viscometer in the Brookfield instrument line.

According to The NPD Group’s “Protein Perceptions and Needs” report, 78% of U.S. consumers believe that protein contributes to a healthy diet, and more than half of adult consumers want to incorporate more protein into their diets.

In his Prepared Foods’ R&D Applications Seminar titled “Exploration and Innovation of Exotic Flavors,” David Michael & Company’s George Ennis, vice president and chief flavor chemist, first discussed what factors are driving flavor innovation and outlined in detail some exciting exotic fruit/botanical flavors.