Article: Market target: toddlers. (New Products Annual)

Market target: Toddlers

Why stop at infants? Baby food processors are seeking youthful opportunities in toddler foods.

Infant food growth may slow to a crawl. But baby food marketers have taken their first steps to expand their franchise base beyond baby foods and infant formulas. The new target is toddler foods.

Some 29% of the new products introduced in this category last year were toddler-related, according to Gorman's New Product News.

A study done at the beginning of last year by Packaged Facts, a New York-based research firm, says the infant formula and baby food market grew 15% in 1989. The firm predicted the market would fall 6% ...

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