About the Authors

Matthew I. Jackson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

matthew_jackson@hillspet.com

Affiliation Pet Nutrition Center, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS, United States of America

Christopher Waldy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pet Nutrition Center, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS, United States of America

Dennis E. Jewell

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Affiliation Pet Nutrition Center, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: MIJ and CW are current employees of Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and DEJ is a former employee of Hill's Pet Nutrition, which provided funding for this study. The authors would like to declare the following patent applications associated with this research: “Pet food composition and method of making pet food composition comprising enhanced levels of resistant starch” (WO2019112562A1). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.