About the Authors

Paul A. S. Breslin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

breslin@monell.org

Affiliations Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Akiko Izumi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Tokyo, Japan

Anilet Tharp

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

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Tadahiro Ohkuri

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiaki Yokoo

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Tokyo, Japan

Linda J. Flammer

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Nancy E. Rawson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Robert F. Margolskee

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that we have no competing interests in the work described here. The participation of the Suntory Global Innovation Center Limited does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.