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  1. (Chair of PASSCLAIM Consensus Group), Lancashire School of Health and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Central Lancashire Preston, PR1 2HE Lancashire, UK

    Peter J. Aggett

  2. Groupe Danone, Route Départementale 128, 91767, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    Jean-Michel Antoine

  3. (Chair of PASSCLAIM Steering Committee) Lund University and SNF Swedish Nutrition Foundation, Research Park Ideon, 22370, Lund, Sweden

    Nils-Georg Asp

  4. INRA Diabetes Department Hôtel-Dieu, 1, Place du Parvis Notre-Dame, 75181, Paris Cedex 04, France

    France Bellisle

  5. ILSI Europe, 83, Avenue E. Mounier, 6, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Laura Contor

  6. University of Dundee, Division of Pathology and Neuroscience Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, DD1 9SY Dundee—Scotland, UK

    John H. Cummings

  7. The Kapajo Group, 74, West Hill Wembley Park, HA9 9RS Middlesex, UK

    John Howlett

  8. Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Str. 40, 65824, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany

    Detlef J. G. Müller

  9. Kampffmeyer Mühlen GmbH, Trettaustrasse 49, 21107, Hamburg, Germany

    Christoph Persin

  10. ILSI Europe, 83, Avenue E. Mounier, 6, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Loek T. J. Pijls

  11. Technische Universität München, Hochfeldweg, 1, 85354, Freising, Germany

    Gerhard Rechkemmer

  12. ILSI Europe, 83, Avenue E. Mounier, 6, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Sandra Tuijtelaars

  13. Unilever Health Institute, 114, 3130 AC, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

    Hans Verhagen

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Aggett, P.J., Antoine, JM., Asp, NG. et al. Passclaim*. Eur J Nutr 44 (Suppl 1), i5–i30 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-005-1104-3

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