About the Authors

Norbert Sprenger

Norbert.Sprenger@rdls.nestle.com

Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland

Le Ye Lee

Affiliations Consultant Neonatologist, Department of Neonatology, Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Carlos Antonio De Castro

Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland

Philippe Steenhout

Current address: Nestlé Health Science, Epalinges, Switzerland

Affiliation Nestlé Nutrition, Vevey, Switzerland

Sagar K. Thakkar

Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NS CADC PS and SKT are employees of Nestec S.A.; LYL received financial support from Nestle Nutrition to conduct the study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SKT NS PS. Formal analysis: NS CADC SKT LYL. Investigation: LYL NS. Resources: LYL. Validation: NS. Visualization: NS CADC. Writing – original draft: NS CADC SKT. Writing – review & editing: NS CADC SKT LYL PS.