About the Authors

Nobuo Fuke

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

nobuo_fuke@kagome.co.jp (NF); yasuki@ishikawa-pu.ac.jp (YH)

Affiliation Diet & Well-being Research Institute, KAGOME CO., LTD., Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Natsumi Desaka

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Yuichiro Nakazawa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diet & Well-being Research Institute, KAGOME CO., LTD., Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Shigenori Suzuki

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diet & Well-being Research Institute, KAGOME CO., LTD., Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Kenji Matsumoto

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Yasuki Higashimura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nobuo_fuke@kagome.co.jp (NF); yasuki@ishikawa-pu.ac.jp (YH)

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KAGOME CO., LTD. produces and sells tomato juice. The authors N.F., Y.N., and S.S. hold stock in KAGOME CO., LTD. This study was conducted as a collaborative research between KAGOME CO., LTD. and Ishikawa Prefectural University. This does not alter our adherence to the PLOS ONE policy on sharing data and materials.