Effect of a Plant-based Ingredient on Generalized Hormonal Responses

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy males, Age at start of the study \>20 and \<50 years; * Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 20,0 and ≤ 25,0 kg/m2; * Apparently healthy: no medical conditions which might affect the study measurements, absorption, metabolism and distribution (including diabetes type 1 and type 2, gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastrointestinal surgery and inflammatory diseases); * Fasting blood glucose value of subjects is ≥ 3.4 and ≤ 6.1 mmol/litre (i.e. 62-110 mg/dl) at screening; * Agreeing to be informed about medically relevant personal test-results by a physician; * Informed consent signed; * Willing to comply to study protocol during study; * Covered by Health Insurance System and/or in compliance with the recommendations of National Law in force relating to biomedical research. * Accessible veins on arms as determined by examination at screening. Exclusion Criteria: * Any history of diabetes, hyper- (or hypo-) glycemia or other disorder of glucose metabolism; * Blood donation in the past 2 months; * Reported participation in another nutritional or biomedical trial 3 months before the pre-study examination or during the study; * Reported participation in night shift work two weeks prior to pre-study investigation or during the study. Night work is defined as working between midnight and 6.00 AM; * Reported intense sporting activities \> 10h/w; * Consumption of \> 21 alcoholic drinks in a typical week; * Not being used to eat breakfast; * Reported use of any nicotine containing products in the six months preceding the study and during the study itself; * Use of medication which interferes with study measurements; * Reported dietary habits: medically prescribed diet, slimming diet; * Not used to eat 3 meals a day; * Vegetarian; * Reported weight loss/gain (\>10%) in the last six month before the study; * Being an employee of Unilever and CRO; * Allergy or intolerance to food products and aversion to food products provided during the study; * Subject who cannot be contacted in case of emergency; * Subject who, in the judgment of the investigator, is likely to be non-compliant or uncooperative during the study, or unable to cooperate because of a language problem, poor mental development; * Subject under guardianship; * Subject who would receive more than 4500 euro's as indemnities for his participation in biomedical research within the 12 last months, including the indemnities for the present study.