About the Authors

Michael Hoppe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

michael.hoppe@nutrition.gu.se

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Section for Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Gunilla Önning

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biomedical Nutrition, Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Center for Applied Life Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Probi AB, Ideon Gamma 1, Lund, Sweden

Lena Hulthén

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

GÖ is employed by Probi AB, that is a research and B2B probiotics company. One of the commercially available platforms is Probi FerroSorb® that is investigated in this study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors (MH, LH) have declared that no competing interests exist.