You are not buying a powder. You are buying a behaviour.

Smaller, bigger, or wrapped: the molecule stays the same. What changes is how it flows, how it tastes, how long it lasts, and how fast your line runs. Here is the deck, and here is how to keep the conversation going.

As presented at the Future Nutra Innovation Summit, Lake Conroe, September 2026. 26 slides, about 600 KB. The follow-along page has the same slides with notes under each one.

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Brian Dixon

Brian Dixon

Senior Vice President, Food, Beverage and Nutrition

Rochem International

Mesh to microns, without the chart

The one conversion from the talk worth keeping in your pocket. Type either side.

100 mesh
150 µm

Uses the real ASTM E11 sieve openings, not the "divide by 15,000" approximation. Between standard sizes it interpolates, so odd numbers are close rather than exact. More holes per inch means smaller holes.

50 mesh300 µm
100 mesh150 µm
200 mesh75 µm
325 mesh45 µm
400 mesh38 µm