Dieuwerke Bolhuis

Dieuwerke Bolhuis is a researcher at Wageningen University's Food, Health & Consumer Research department. Her work focuses on sensory perception, food texture, and consumer eating behaviors. She leads projects like SNACKSENSE (2025) and contributes to consumer-centric food labeling strategies.

• Active in food science and sensory research
• Projects: SNACKSENSE, Restructure, Eco-Score impact
• Collaborates with experts in food structure and nutrition

Her research examines how food properties (e.g., texture, shape) influence energy intake, satiety, and consumer choices. Studies include milk fat odor effects on liking and flour ratios impacting sweetness perception.

Recent media highlights include bread shape affecting consumption rates and ultraprocessed food perceptions. She co-supervises PhD candidates like Laura Heuven and Anette W. J. Lakemond in food structure and sensory studies.