Eurocare (European Alcohol Policy Alliance) is extremely disappointed with the shape of the Food Information to Consumers legislation which exempts alcoholic beverages from obligation to list its content. This is despite the fact that alcohol is high in calorie content, carbohydrates and certain ingredients used in its production can cause allergies or intolerances.
We strongly believe that we all have the right to make informed choices and the current proposal will mean that one will know what is in a bottle of a fruit juice but not in a bottle of alcoholic beverage.
Providing information (about ingredients, energy value, units or total grams of pure alcohol per 100ml) would allow consumers to assess the quality of the beverages and keep track of their calorie and alcohol intake.
An overwhelming majority of Europeans wants to be informed about consequences of drinking; 79% supports warning health messages on bottles and 82% are in favour of such warnings on advertisements (Eurobarometer 2009). > > > > Read More
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