Dimidi, Eirini https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0140-0199
Whelan, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5414-2950
Scott, S. Mark https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-1533
Article History
First Online: 22 January 2026
Competing interests
: E.D. has received an education grant from Alpro, research grants from the Almond Board of California, the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council and Nestec, and has served as a consultant for Puratos and Danone. K.W. has research grants related to diet and gut health and disease from the Almond Board of California, Danone and the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council and has received speaker fees from Danone and Yakult. K.W. is the holder of a joint patent to use volatile organic compounds as biomarkers in irritable bowel syndrome (PCT/GB2020/051604) for which there is currently no product on the market. K.W. receives royalties from Wiley Publishing in relation to an academic textbook on nutrition and dietetics in gastroenterology. S.M.S. declares no competing interests.