Henk Hoogenkamp is a world-renown protein technology expert and globetrotting, trusted advisor for food companies, academies and contributor to leading food journals. During his career at FrieslandCampina (DMV), and DuPont, Hoogenkamp expanded functional protein application by pioneering sport nutrition and formulated fast food, as well as developing strategic partnerships, educated and build excellent health awareness, nutritional performance, and published 440+ articles and 12 books.

Hoogenkamp is well recognized as an innovative industry-leader. His visionary skills have been instrumental in expanding functional protein performance across the globe. Henk’s acute business sense helped revolutionize both dairy and plant protein industry. Being often ahead of the curve, he is known for finding solutions of problems that don’t exist (yet)!

Henk Hoogenkamp has a worldwide reach in designing and implementing strategic technologies to advance sustainable, tasty, and healthy food products. A Board Member of public listed enterprises and also serves on the Advisory Boards of food ingredient and equipment companies.

Hoogenkamp’s name is synonymous with emerging food technologies and he is known throughout the industry as a solid entrepreneurial-driven person who consistently takes the high road, including acting as a mentor for young aspiring technologists. His heart is as big as his writers’ ethics are strong. His career spans more than three decades and boasts a long list of milestone protein applications discoveries, including sport nutrition, cream cordials, whole muscle injectables, hydrolyzed milk protein, and plant protein for extruded meat-free foods.Hoogenkamp’s grand vision has clearly turned into reality now that world’s largest fast food companies are using plant protein solutions to provide wholesome and affordable nutrition to meet or exceed consumer expectations.

As evolving lifestyles, food choices and its related dynamic society diagnostics continue to accelerate, Henk’s latest work on plant protein is timely and enlightening for the food industry to better anticipate the world of tomorrow.