Table 3 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan threshold limits for allergen disclosure, and how these relate to serving size and (European) population thresholds

Population threshold (mg protein)[61–63]

Minimum serving size not requiring allergen disclosure under Japanese legislation that could contain sufficient protein to cause a reaction in:

ED01[61, 62] (mg protein)

ED10[63] (mg protein)

1% of allergic individual

10% of allergic individual