| The ratio $\eta/\pi^0$ as a function of \pt, measured in pp and p--A collisions at different center-of-mass energies~\cite{CERES_eta,ALICE_etaPP,ALICE_etaPP8,ALICE_etaPA}. Also shown is the parametrization used for the construction of the hadronic cocktail (solid line), its uncertainty (dotted line), and the expectation from $m_{\rm{T}}$-scaling (dashed line). |