About the Authors

David C. Nieman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

niemandc@appstate.edu

Affiliation Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America

Nicholas D. Gillitt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America

Wei Sha

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Bioinformatics Services Division, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America

Debora Esposito

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America

Sivapriya Ramamoorthy

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. This study was funded by Dole Foods. Dr. Nicholas Gillitt works as a scientist in the Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory, and Sivapriya Ramamoorthy is employed by Metabolon, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.