About the Authors

Hasmik Hayrapetyan

Affiliations Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Top Institute of Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Nieuwe Kanaal 9A, 6709 PA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Marcel Tempelaars

Affiliations Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Top Institute of Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Nieuwe Kanaal 9A, 6709 PA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Masja Nierop Groot

Affiliations Top Institute of Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Nieuwe Kanaal 9A, 6709 PA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Food and Biobased research, Wageningen UR, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Tjakko Abee

tjakko.abee@wur.nl

Affiliations Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Top Institute of Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Nieuwe Kanaal 9A, 6709 PA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The project is funded by TI Food and Nutrition, a public—private partnership on precompetitive research in food and nutrition. The public partners are responsible for the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, and preparation of the manuscript. The private partners have contributed to the project through regular discussion. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH MT MNG TA. Performed the experiments: HH MT. Analyzed the data: HH MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT. Wrote the paper: HH MNG TA.