About the Authors

Rouyanne T. Ras

Rouyanne.Ras@unilever.com

Affiliation Nutrition and Health Department, Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Peter L. Zock

Affiliation Nutrition and Health Department, Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Richard Draijer

Affiliation Nutrition and Health Department, Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

All authors are employed by Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. Unilever markets tea and tea-based products. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR PZ RD. Performed the experiments: RR RD. Analyzed the data: RR RD PZ. Wrote the paper: RR PZ RD.