About the Authors

Cindy Le Bourgot

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Stéphanie Ferret-Bernard

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Laurence Le Normand

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Gérard Savary

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Enrique Menendez-Aparicio

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Sophie Blat

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Emmanuelle Appert-Bossard

Affiliation Tereos-Syral, Markolsheim, France

Frédérique Respondek

Affiliation Tereos-Syral, Markolsheim, France

Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron

isabelle.luron@rennes.inra.fr

Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France

Competing Interests

This study received funding from Beghin-Meiji, a company producing shortchain fructooliogsaccharides belonging to the company "Tereos". FR and EA are employed by Tereos-Syral. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFB SB FR ILHL. Performed the experiments: CLB SFB GS EMA ILHL. Analyzed the data: CLB SFB LLN EMA SB ILHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAB FR. Wrote the paper: CLB SFB SB EAB FR ILHL.