Table 4 Comparison by school category, state or private (private or subsidised schools), the percentage of schools that offer special menus for food allergies or intolerances, and menus adapted to special situations in the School Menu Review Programme (PReME), 2012–2020

Special menus for medical conditions

 Yes

1931 (88.8)

792 (91.6)

0.077

 Celiac disease

1226 (54.3)

588 (66.7)

 < 0.001

 Diabetes

51 (2.3)

22 (2.5)

0.792

 Crustaceans (allergy)

480 (21.2)

266 (30.2)

 < 0.001

 Molluscs (allergy)

381 (16.9)

230 (26.1)

 < 0.001

 Fish (allergy)

817 (36.2)

422 (47.8)

 < 0.001

 Eggs (allergy)

1014 (44.9)

492 (55.8)

 < 0.001

 Soy (allergy)

279 (12.3)

148 (16.8)

0.001

 Milk (allergy)

1414 (62.6)

648 (73.5)

 < 0.001

 Peanuts (allergy)

453 (20.0)

262 (29.7)

 < 0.001

 Nuts (allergy)

925 (40.9)

427 (48.4)

 < 0.001

 Fresh fruit (allergy)

682 (30.2)

331 (37.5)

 < 0.001

 Other

50 (2.2)

24 (2.7)

0.476

Cross-contamination plan

129 (5.7)

44 (5.0)

0.478

Adapted menus

 No meat

893 (39.5)

251 (28.5)

 < 0.001

 No pork

1597 (70.7)

525 (59.5)

 < 0.001

 Vegetarian

423 (18.7)

156 (17.7)

0.533

 Lactovegetarian

75 (3.3)

10 (1.1)

0.001

 Vegan

37 (1.6)

8 (0.9)

0.167

 Other

41 (1.8)

10 (1.1)

0.230

Planning for families

1768 (80.9)

661 (77.8)

0.016

Lunch box option

113 (5.1)

86 (9.9)

 < 0.001