Table 3.
Prevalence of precautionary labeling for each category of allergen and per food category among the 17,309 products surveyed
| Precautionary statements | Milk | Gluten | Egg | Soybean | Sulfite | Nuts | Celery | Mustard | Fish | Peanut | Crustacean | Sesame | Mollusk | Lupin | At least 1 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Baby food | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0.1 | 39 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0.2 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 11 |
| Bread products | 209 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 32 | 213 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 199 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 415 | 67 |
| Breakfast cereals | 145 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 180 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 256 | 76 |
| Cakes and biscuits | 207 | 12 | 5 | 0.3 | 326 | 19 | 415 | 25 | 7 | 0.4 | 987 | 58 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 673 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1,279 | 76 |
| Canned fruits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cereal bars | 62 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 56 | 33 | 40 | 24 | 127 | 75 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 90 |
| Chocolate products | 171 | 23 | 391 | 52 | 259 | 35 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 394 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 634 | 85 |
| Cold sauces | 55 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 16 |
| Crackers | 147 | 25 | 73 | 12 | 109 | 18 | 66 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 211 | 36 | 128 | 22 | 71 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 145 | 24 | 64 | 11 | 115 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 456 | 77 |
| Delicatessen meat | 62 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 83 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 19 |
| Dessert mixes | 31 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 45 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 50 |
| Fresh dairy products and similar | 3 | 0.2 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 0.4 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0.1 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 12 |
| Fresh delicatessen products | 186 | 10 | 109 | 6 | 276 | 15 | 261 | 14 | 44 | 2 | 219 | 12 | 361 | 19 | 219 | 12 | 382 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 390 | 21 | 149 | 8 | 259 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 675 | 36 |
| Frozen pizzas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 37 | 72 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 79 | 37 | 40 | 19 | 52 | 24 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 46 |
| Fruit juices and nectars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Fruit purees, compotes, and desserts | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Hot sauces | 24 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 15 |
| Ice creams and sorbets | 208 | 14 | 462 | 31 | 705 | 48 | 481 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 829 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 588 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,161 | 79 |
| Infant milk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jams | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 20 |
| Margarines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Processed potato products | 153 | 24 | 136 | 22 | 58 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 120 | 19 | 163 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 242 | 38 |
| Ready‐to‐eat canned meals | 113 | 16 | 47 | 7 | 133 | 19 | 92 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 128 | 18 | 131 | 18 | 142 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 134 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 95 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 38 |
| Soft drinks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Soups and broths | 83 | 15 | 73 | 13 | 168 | 30 | 89 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 160 | 29 | 59 | 11 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 322 | 58 |
| Syrups | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Total | 1,935 | 11 | 1,512 | 9 | 2,496 | 14 | 2,146 | 12 | 177 | 1 | 3,443 | 20 | 1,114 | 6 | 881 | 5 | 688 | 4 | 2,295 | 13 | 692 | 4 | 1,028 | 6 | 411 | 2 | 94 | 1 | ||
aAmong the processed products considered of the food category.