NutraCea: Appoints Member to its Board of Directors

Scottsdale / AZ. (nc) NutraCea, a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, announced the appointment of Henk Hoogenkamp to the company´s Board of Directors effective April 02, 2012. Hoogenkamp has authored nine books focused on the importance of dairy protein and vegetable protein in formulated foods, beverages and meat products. He has published over 500 articles in 14 languages discussing protein ingredient solutions. Hoogenkamp is a member of several strategic and technology advisory boards to global food and ingredient companies. From 1990 to 2006 he served as a senior director strategic technology with Protein Technologies International, now the Solae Company, an alliance between Du Pont and Bunge. He previously served as the President of DMV-Campina USA, now Royal FrieslandCampina, the world´s largest dairy protein operator. In December 1996, Hoogenkamp received an honorary doctoral degree from the Institute of Sports Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, for his pioneering work on the effects of protein supplementation for elite sport performance. His new book «The Rice Bran Protein Factor» is due for publication September 2012.