About the Authors

Ted Jost

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland

Christophe Lacroix

christophe.lacroix@hest.ethz.ch

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland

Christian P. Braegger

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesenstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland

Christophe Chassard

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

This work was financially supported by Nestlé Nutrition (Vevey, Switzerland) and Nestec (Lausanne, Switzerland) and the Swiss Foundation for Nutrition Research (SFEFS) (Zurich, Switzerland)for the purpose of basic research only; and is not related to any patent, product in development or marketed product. None of the authors are employees or consultants of the funders. 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: CPB CL CC TJ. Performed the experiments: TJ CC. Analyzed the data: TJ CC CL CPB. Wrote the paper: TJ CC CL CPB.