Okanagan College student's beverage recipe earns stamp of approval by local beverage maker

Nadia Alves had never considered the science behind beverage formulation before she walked into the BC Beverage Technology Access Centre (BC BTAC) at the Penticton Campus of Okanagan College last spring. But after a Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) experience, not only did she understand and practice some of the scientific research that goes into beverage formulation, she also co-developed a non-alcoholic beverage recipe that a real client selected for potential commercial development.

Nadia Alves, and Ben Isaksen, Laboratory Technician at BC BTAC.

Alves, a first-year Associate of Science student at Okanagan College's Penticton campus, was one of seven students who took part in an applied research placement at the BC BTAC through Technology Access Canada, in partnership with the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) and with support from the Government of Canada earlier this year.