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Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women, aged between 18-70 years * BMI between 18.5-25.0 kg/m2 * Fasting serum total cholesterol (TC) \<8.0 mmol/L and fasting serum triacylglycerol (TAG) \<3 mmol/L * Fasting plasma glucose (FBG) \<7 mmol/L * Systolic blood pressure \<160 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure \<100 mmHg * Stable body weight (weight gain or loss of \<3 kg in the past three months) * Willingness to give up being a blood donor from 8 weeks before the start of the study, during the study, and for 4 weeks after completion of the study * No difficult venipuncture as evidenced during the screening visit Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy or intolerance to any of the components of the study meal * Familial hypercholesterolemia * History of gastrointestinal surgery, including bariatric procedures such as sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, gastric band, gastric balloon, or other major gastrointestinal surgeries that may affect digestion or absorption * Current smokers * Diabetic patients * Pregnant and breastfeeding women * Abuse of drugs * More than 10 alcoholic consumptions per week for women and 14 for men * Not willing to stop the use of products or dietary supplements known to interfere with the main outcomes as judged by the principal investigator for at least 1 week before the start of the study * Use of medications to treat or affect blood pressure, lipid, or glucose metabolism * Use of an investigational product within another biomedical intervention trial within the previous 1 month * Severe medical conditions that might interfere with the study, such as: epilepsy, asthma, kidney failure or renal insufficiency, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis * Active cardiovascular disease, such as congestive heart failure, or a cardiovascular event, such as an acute myocardial infarction or a cerebrovascular accident