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references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Francesco Visioli * Department of Food and Drugs, Human


Nutrition Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy Daniele Del Rio * Food Quality and Design Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Vincenzo Fogliano *


Nutrition Foundation of Italy, Milan, Italy Franca Marangoni & Andrea Poli * Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research AUTHeR, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa


Cristian Ricci Authors * Francesco Visioli View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Daniele Del Rio View author publications You can also search


for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Vincenzo Fogliano View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Franca Marangoni View author publications


You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Cristian Ricci View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Andrea Poli View author


publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar CONTRIBUTIONS FV wrote the paper; DDR, VF, FM, CR, and AP edited the paper. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Correspondence to


Francesco Visioli. ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS AP and FM are the Chairman and Scientific Director, respectively, of NFI – Nutrition Foundation of Italy, a non-profit organisation


partially supported by Italian and non-Italian Food Companies. All other authors declare no conflict of interest associated with this publication. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PUBLISHER’S NOTE


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THIS ARTICLE Visioli, F., Del Rio, D., Fogliano, V. _et al._ Reply to Vella and Pai. _Eur J Clin Nutr_ 79, 606 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-025-01607-z Download citation *


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