About the Authors

Zhu Zeng

Affiliations Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Rui Yu

Affiliations Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Fanglei Zuo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Bo Zhang

Affiliations Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Deju Peng

Affiliation Yangling Zhongyang Joint Ranch Co. Ltd., Beiyang Breeding Area, Yangling Street Agency, Yangling District, Xi'an, P. R. China

Huiqin Ma

Affiliation College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Shangwu Chen

swchen@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The Yangling Zhongyang Joint Ranch Co., Ltd. provided study materials for us. There are no 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

Conceptualization: ZZ SC. Formal analysis: ZZ HM. Funding acquisition: SC. Investigation: ZZ RY FZ BZ. Methodology: ZZ. Project administration: SC. Resources: SC DP. Supervision: SC. Validation: ZZ SC. Writing – original draft: ZZ. Writing – review & editing: ZZ SC.