Competing Interests: I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: LSAA is a founding member of the International Carbohydrate Quality
Consortium (ICQC) and has received honoraria from the Nutrition Foundation of Italy
(NFI), research grants from LILT (a non-profit organization for the fight against
cancer) and in-kind research support from Abiogen Pharma, the Almond Board of California
(USA), Barilla (Italy), Consorzio Mandorle di Avola (Italy), DietaDoc (Italy), Ello
Frutta (Italy), Panificio Giacomo Luongo (Italy), Perrotta (Italy), Roberto Alimentare
(Italy), SunRice (Australia). However, no funding that she has received has been involved
in the current project. GLB reports personal fees from Janssen-Cilag, personal fees
from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Roche, non-financial support from Bristol-Myers
Squibb, non-financial support from AstraZeneca/MedImmune, non-financial support from
Pierre Fabre, non-financial support from Ipsen, outside the submitted work. DG has
received speaking and/or consulting fees from Abiogen Pharma, Amgen, Eli-Lilly, Janssen-Cilag,
Merck and Mundipharma. MP has received research support from Amgen. GR has received
research grants from the Barilla Company to his University Department and is member
of the scientific advisory boards of the foundation “Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition”
and of “Nutrition Foundation of Italy”. DJAJ has received research grants from Saskatchewan
& Alberta Pulse Growers Associations, the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program
through the Pulse Research Network, the Advanced Foods and Material Network, Loblaw
Companies Ltd., Unilever Canada and Netherlands, Barilla, the Almond Board of California,
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Pulse Canada, Kellogg’s Company, Canada, Quaker
Oats, Canada, Procter & Gamble Technical Centre Ltd., Bayer Consumer Care, Springfield,
NJ, Pepsi/Quaker, International Nut & Dried Fruit (INC), Soy Foods Association of
North America, the Coca-Cola Company (investigator initiated, unrestricted grant),
Solae, Haine Celestial, the Sanitarium Company, Orafti, the International Tree Nut
Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation, the Peanut Institute, Soy Nutrition
Institute (SNI), the Canola and Flax Councils of Canada, the Calorie Control Council,
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canada Foundation for Innovation
(CFI)and the Ontario Research Fund (ORF). He has received in-kind supplies for trials
as a research support from the Almond board of California, Walnut Council of California,
American Peanut Council, Barilla, Unilever, Unico, Primo, Loblaw Companies, Quaker
(Pepsico), Pristine Gourmet, Bunge Limited, Kellogg Canada, WhiteWave Foods. He has
been on the speaker’s panel, served on the scientific advisory board and/or received
travel support and/or honoraria from the Almond Board of California, Canadian Agriculture
Policy Institute, Loblaw Companies Ltd, the Griffin Hospital (for the development
of the NuVal scoring system), the Coca-Cola Company, EPICURE, Danone, Diet Quality
Photo Navigation (DQPN), Better Therapeutics (FareWell), Verywell, True Health Initiative
(THI), Heali AI Corp, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Soy Nutrition Institute
(SNI), Herbalife Nutrition Institute (HNI), Saskatchewan & Alberta Pulse Growers Associations,
Sanitarium Company, Orafti, the American Peanut Council, the International Tree Nut
Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation, the Peanut Institute, Herbalife
International, Pacific Health Laboratories, Nutritional Fundamentals for Health (NFH),
Barilla, Metagenics, Bayer Consumer Care, Unilever Canada and Netherlands, Solae,
Kellogg, Quaker Oats, Procter & Gamble, Abbott Laboratories, Dean Foods, the California
Strawberry Commission, Haine Celestial, PepsiCo, the Alpro Foundation, Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, DuPont Nutrition and Health, Spherix Consulting and WhiteWave Foods,
the Advanced Foods and Material Network, the Canola and Flax Councils of Canada, Agri-Culture
and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, Pulse Canada, the Soy
Foods Association of North America, the Nutrition Foundation of Italy (NFI), Nutra-Source
Diagnostics, the McDougall Program, the Toronto Knowledge Translation Group (St. Michael’s
Hospital), the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children,
the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS), the American Society of Nutrition (ASN), Arizona
State University, Paolo Sorbini Foundation and the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism
and Diabetes. He received an honorarium from the United States Department of Agriculture
to present the 2013 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture. He received the 2013 Award for
Excellence in Research from the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council. He received
funding and travel support from the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
to produce mini cases for the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA). He is a member
of the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC). His wife, Alexandra L
Jenkins, is a director and partner of INQUIS Clinical Research for the Food Industry,
his 2 daughters, Wendy Jenkins and Amy Jenkins, have published a vegetarian book that
promotes the use of the foods described here, The Portfolio Diet for Cardiovascular
Risk Reduction (Academic Press/Elsevier 2020 ISBN:978-0-12-810510-8) and his sister,
Caroline Brydson, received funding through a grant from the St. Michael’s Hospital
Foundation to develop a cookbook for one of his studies. He has had close contact
with the food industry to produce plant based diets. However, no funding that he has
received has been involved in the current project. All other authors declare no competing
interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data
and materials.
