Table 4.

Prevalence of precautionary statement per type of brand, for each allergen category

Precautionary statement	National brands (n = 5,330) 26 food categories over the 26 studied		Retailer brands (n = 7,488) 26 food categories over the 26 studied		Entry‐level retailer brands (n = 1,060) 23 food categories over the 26 studied		Hard discount (n = 2,813) 26 food categories over the 26 studied
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Peanut	396	7	1,121	15	135	13	551	20
Celery	290	5	542	7	73	7	182	6
Crustacean	194	4	308	4	48	5	126	4
Nuts	795	15	1,411	19	222	21	686	24
Gluten	296	6	593	8	82	8	298	11
Milk	444	8	826	11	185	17	375	13
Lupin	30	1	48	1			16	1
Mollusk	139	3	179	2	18	2	60	2
Mustard	209	4	454	6	44	4	156	6
Egg	622	12	998	13	137	13	451	16
Fish	183	3	339	5	33	3	116	4
Sesame	307	6	489	7	44	4	180	6
Soybean	385	7	1,004	13	108	10	422	15
Sulfite	13	0.2	87	1	12	1	57	2
At least 1 allergen	1,736	33	2,807	37	444	42	1,323	47