{"id":35103,"date":"2025-09-16T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iff.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=35103"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:57:53","slug":"sharief-barends","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.iff.com\/es\/experts\/sharief-barends\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sharief Barends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-block  gt-l gb-l --bg-white --decor-blue --pattern-v0 --decor --stats-type1 txt-img-v2 l-content-2\"  >\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"m-block__container container\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"l-dcbl l-dcbl-v1\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-block order-reverse\" style=\"--c-block-radius:0px; --c-block-gl: 0%;--c-block-gr: 0%;--c-block-gt: 0%;--c-block-gb: 0%;--columns-ratio: 50%;\">\n\t<div class=\"c-block__col c-block__text text-left align-center\" style=\"--c-txt-gl: 0%; --c-txt-gr: 0%; --c-txt-gt: 0%; --c-txt-gb: 0%;\">\n\t\t<div 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