About the Authors

Abigail L. Mandel

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Catherine Peyrot des Gachons

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kimberly L. Plank

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Suzanne Alarcon

Affiliations Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Paul A. S. Breslin

breslin@aesop.rutgers.edu

Affiliations Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

This study was funded in part by National Starch Co. The authors were not employed by, nor did they consult for, National Starch. There are no products, commercial items, nor patents involving National Starch that will come from this research. This funding does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALM CPdG KLP SA PAB. Performed the experiments: ALM CPdG KLP SA. Analyzed the data: ALM CPdG KLP SA PAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALM PAB. Wrote the paper: ALM CPdG KLP SA PAB.