Bio

Sandra Einerhand is the founder and head of Einerhand Science & Innovation, an award winning nutrition consultancy providing solutions to the food, food ingredient and dietary supplements industry. Sandra’s consultancy offers science-based strategic advice and services to help her clients bring innovative, nutritional products to the market. Einerhand Science & Innovation turns science into business opportunities with a special focus on early life, targeted and personalized nutrition. Throughout her career Sandra has focused on scientifically substantiating health benefits of foods and food ingredients like infant formulas, medical nutrition, dairy foods, prebiotics, probiotics, lipids, dairy and plant proteins. Contact info: Tel: +31-614571493; Email: einerhand@esi4u.nl and website: www.esi4u.nl In 2020, her company Einerhand Science & innovation won the Luxlife Food and Drink award for being the best European Early Life Nutrition Consultancy. In 2021, Sandra received the Nutrachampion Award and Go Global Award recognizing her science as well as business-oriented capabilities and expertise. Sandra also chairs the Nutrition Consultants Cooperative (NCC) and works as fellow for Presans, a Paris-based service provider in high-end open innovation. Previously, Sandra worked for Danone Nutricia Research, Tate & Lyle Ingredients and Lipid Nutrition as Scientific Program Director and Nutrition & Health Director. During the first part of her career, Sandra worked as associate professor at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. Sandra studied Chemistry in Amsterdam and has a PhD in Medicine. Sandra has assisted many international food companies to launch new products with substantiated health benefits. Sandra has published in >100 peer-reviewed scientific journals, frequently is an invited speaker at conferences and exhibitions, and writes columns Sandra Einerhand has expertise in: - Food and food ingredients (e.g. Infant and Senior nutrition, Medical nutrition, Dairy and Plant-based foods, Fermented foods, Sugar reduction, Sweeteners, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics, Specialty Lipids) - Product Innovation and communication (e.g. new product development talks at conferences, publications, columns) - Infant nutrition and food for special medical purposes (eg Diabetes, Senior Nutrition) - Health & Nutrition (e.g. Gut & Metabolic Health, Infection) - Food safety (GRAS, novel foods) - Life Science (Microbiology) - Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition - Health claim substantiation/legislation