About the Authors
- Edward B Fern
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* E-mail: ed.fern@bluewin.ch (EF); adamdrew@uw.edu (AD)
Current Address: CH-1807, Blonay, Switzerland
Affiliation Nestec SA, International Headquarters, Avenue Nestlé 55, Vevey, Switzerland
- Heribert Watzke
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Affiliation Nestec SA, International Headquarters, Avenue Nestlé 55, Vevey, Switzerland
- Denis V. Barclay
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Affiliation Nestec SA, International Headquarters, Avenue Nestlé 55, Vevey, Switzerland
- Anne Roulin
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Affiliation Nestec SA, International Headquarters, Avenue Nestlé 55, Vevey, Switzerland
- Adam Drewnowski
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* E-mail: ed.fern@bluewin.ch (EF); adamdrew@uw.edu (AD)
Affiliation Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Edward Fern, Heribert Watzke, Denis Barclay and Anne Roulin are, or were, employees of Nestec. Adam Drewnowski is consultant to Nestec and has received grants, honoraria, and consulting fees from numerous food, beverage, and ingredient companies and other commercial and non-profit entities with interests in nutrient profiling of foods. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EBF HW. Performed the experiments: EBF HW. Analyzed the data: EBF HW DVB AR AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EBF HW AD. Wrote the paper: EBF HW DVB AR AD.