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Article History

Received: 6 April 2017

Revised: 18 September 2017

Accepted: 5 October 2017

First Online: 25 April 2018

Conflict of interest

: This work was conducted by an expert group of the European branch of the International Life Sciences Institute, ILSI Europe. This publication was coordinated by the Dietary Carbohydrates Task Force. Authors DJM and JDS are employed by commercial organizations that manufacture carbohydrate-containing foods and beverages or ingredients used in making these. The expert group received funding from the ILSI Europe the Dietary Carbohydrates Task Force members. Industry members of this task force are listed on the ILSI Europe website at. Experts are not paid for the time spent on this work; however, the non-industry members within the expert group were offered support for travel and accommodation costs from the Dietary Carbohydrates Task Force to attend a meeting to discuss the manuscript and a small compensatory sum (honoraria) with the option to decline. The research reported is the result of a scientific evaluation in line with ILSI Europe’s framework to provide a precompetitive setting for public-private partnership (PPP). ILSI Europe facilitated scientific meetings and coordinated the overall project management and administrative tasks relating to the completion of this work. The opinions expressed herein and the conclusions of this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of ILSI Europe nor those of its member companies.