About the Authors

Yoshihide Nanno

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Asif Shajahan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Roberto N. Sonon

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Safe Food Alliance, Kingsburg, CA, United States of America

Parastoo Azadi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Bernhard J. Hering

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Christopher Burlak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

cburlak@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BJH has an equity interest in and serves as an executive officer of Diabetes-Free, Inc, an organization that may commercially benefit from the results of this research. This interest has been reviewed and managed by the University of Minnesota in accordance with its Conflict of Interest policies, and does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.