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Received: 8 August 2017

Accepted: 10 November 2017

First Online: 13 March 2018

Competing interests

: AW has previously worked for the World Sugar Research Organisation, and PepsiCo. NSS has received a BBSRC DTP CASE studentship funded by Cargill. GKB receives no personal funds from any private company. Ajinomoto provides a consulting fee to the Monell Center that is used to support a small portion of GKB’s research program. All of GKB’s published work described here was supported by the NIH or other US federal granting agencies, except for one study (Wiseet al.) which was supported by PepsiCo conducted through an investigator-initiated grant. AB is employed by Cargill. Over the past 3 years, SG has received research funding from: Sugar Nutrition UK, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Cereal Partners Worldwide, Nestle and European Soft Drinks; and has received honoraria/travel from the International Sweeteners Association, PepsiCo and UNESDA. CdG received research funding from the Netherlands Sugar Foundation for a study on the brain response to the taste of sugars and low-energy sweeteners, published inNeuroimage2011; CdG received honoraria/travel from the International Sweeteners Association, Mars, Pepsico, Kellogs; CdG is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Sensus, and received research funding directly or indirectly through NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) or TIFN (Top Institute of Food and Nutrition) from Unilever, FrieslandCampina, Nestle, Heineken, Danone and Mars. JCGH has received research funding from the American Beverage Association, Astra Zeneca and Bristol Meyers Squib and has been an advisory board member for Novo Nordisk and Orexigen. RDM is an advisory board member for ConAgra and the Grain Foods Foundation, has received research support from the Almond Board of California, the California Walnut Commission and Ajinomoto, and has received multiple speaking honoraria. JM has received funding from the BBSRC, including a CASE PhD studentship funded by Cargill. DJM is employed by Unilever. Over the past 5 years, SN has received funding for research from Blédina S.A. (a branch of Danone Early Life Nutrition), received speaker’s fees from Danone Global Affairs, Nestlé France, and from the French Beverage Alliance (Unijus) and provided consultancy service for Nestlé Research Center. SN is currently Co‐Executive Editor of Appetite. PR has received funding from Sugar Nutrition UK, provided consultancy services for Coca-Cola Great Britain, and received speaker’s fees from the International Sweeteners Association and the Global Stevia Institute. IAM has received grants/research support from Unilever, Mars and the UK Government and is on the Scientific Advisory Board of Mars, IKEA and Nestle. He is also involved in peer review work for Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition and was in the speakers bureau of the UK Nutrition Society, UK Association for the Study of Obesity and Federation of European Nutrition Societies; is a member of the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, and he is also the Editor ofIJO.The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.