Our Vision
Create a green parallel oil & fat industry
We believe that changing one ingredient can change the world
Founded in 2021, NoPalm Ingredients produces local, circular & sustainable alternatives to palm oil. With our team of experts, we invest in knowledge and quality by constantly testing and improving our oils & fats to deliver the highest standard possible.
Our Team
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Lars Langhout
CEO/CO-FOUNDER
Poised to make an impact, Lars co-founded NoPalm Ingredients together with Jeroen in 2021. He leads our team building on his strategy consulting and MBA experiences.
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Jeroen Hugenholtz
CTO/CO-FOUNDER
Jeroen is our fermentation guru. With career long expertise in academia and commercial organizations, he helps the R&D team to make giant strides.
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Jeroen Blansjaar
COO
With his background as COO at Protifarm (Ynsect) combined with his diverse experiences at FrieslandCampina, Shell, and Heineken, Jeroen leads our manufacturing operations and engineering activities.
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Julie Cortal
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Martin Riesmeijer
PROJECT MANAGER
Martin is our go-getter and manages special projects within NoPalm Ingredients. Having build a start-up himself, he brings those experiences in play at NPI.
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Anton Happel
SCALE UP/PROCESS TECHNOLOGIST
Anton brings a rich experience in pilot projects, both in microbial fermentation and DSP. He is helping us in our technological scale up.
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Jurgen Snelders
FERMENTATION SPECIALIST
Jurgen is joining us in the Fermentation team. He brings over 20 years of industry and fermentation experience.
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Rosan van der Glas
PRODUCT DEVELOPER
As our product developer, Rosan will be testing our oils/fats, helping us to bring the best out of our products.
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Felipe Pavan
LEAD FERMENTATION SCIENTIST
Felipe is part of our hardworking R&D team, focusing on improving our versatile yeast oils & fats fermentation conditions.
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Marja Twigt
LABORATORY ASSISTANT
With over 30 years of microbiology experience in the dairy- and food product industry, Marja is the driving force behind our lab activities.
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Jochem de Vries
PROCESS ENGINEER
Jochem is our newest team member and the driving force behind DSP and USP.
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Allard Langenhuijsen
GO-TO-MARKET MANAGER
After a career in the shipping industry, Allard decided to re-invent himself and started an MBA. At NoPalm Ingredients, Allard is leading us towards our market launch, consolidating our supply network and alliances for our first demo factory.
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Roy Nijhuis
FERMENTATION SCIENTIST
Roy is helping the fermentation team to find the best fermentation processes to produce our yeast oils & fats.
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Inge Thijssen
PEOPLE & CULTURE MANAGER
Inge joined us to foster an amazing work environment that allows our team members to thrive. Besides, working directly with our CEO about our people and culture affairs.
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Jay Soumeru
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Jay has many years of experience as a (lead) analyst in environmental science laboratories. He joined us helping us running our lab and supporting us in all laboratory related regulations.
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Carlos Garay
R&D PROCESS ENGINEER
Carlos joined our R&D team to assist us in developing our process technology to convert agri-food waste streams into sustainable palm oil alternatives.
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