Category of organisation or individual submitting comment, citation of scientific evidence and document length
| Category* | % of total (n) | % citing scientific evidence (n)† | Median document length, pages (range) |
| Industry | 51.2 (64) | 12.5 (8) | 4 (1–30) |
| Academia | 17.6 (22) | 9.1 (2) | 1 (1–13) |
| Healthcare | 9.6 (12) | 16.7 (2) | 2.5 (1–8) |
| Unknown | 7.2 (9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1–6) |
| Other | 5.6 (7) | 57.1 (4) | 2 (1–5) |
| Mixed association | 4 (5) | 20 (1) | 5 (4–8) |
| Individual consumer | 3.2 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Federal government | 1.6 (2) | 0 (0) | 1.5 (1–2) |
*See table 1 for explanations of categories.
†Percentage of that ‘Category’ citing scientific evidence, including articles in journals or preprints.