PROJECTS & CASES
in food, health, nutrition and sustainability
The cases below are a selection of projects I have worked on together with clients and collaborators. Recent and current projects are in health and aged care, environmental sustainability, and food policy
Healthy and sustainable food behaviours
Investigating policy options to support behaviour change
Meal replacements
Perspectives from consumers and allied health professionals
Eat Less Plate
The design of a new plate to ‘mindlessly’ eat less and its effect on consumer perception
Alternative protein foods
Consumer acceptance of meat substitutes
Iconic Australian Fruit Business
Re-connected and inspired by consumers.
Texture modified foods
Molecular gastronomy from haute cuisine to aged care: developed with and for people affected by dysphagia
Other projects
Consultancy and project management
- Set up of a nutrition labelling program and implementation of the first logo in Europe that communicated calories per portion front-of-pack
- Development of a nutrition & health policy action plan for the Dutch Food Industry Association, now part of the Dutch National Obesity Covenant
- Interim project manager for sensory & consumer research agency OP&P; coordinating the research process from competitive quotes to final reporting
Research
- In-home interviews with recently-diagnosed Alzheimer patients and their carers, for a medical nutrition company
- A qualitative study with nephrologists for a pharmaceutical company: identifying motives and barriers to prescribe a new drug for renal patients
- Consumer insights for a baby food company: a qualitative study with young mothers using means-end-chain analysis
- Coordination of a multi-country consumer sensory test (affective and descriptive) to test a new dairy drink
- User research for a new design of home kitchen appliances
Other services
- Lectures and workshops for universities: courses in sensory and consumer research, food and nutrition policy, communication
- Organisation of several conferences and workshops for professional associations relating to food innovation, health, and nutrition