Write calorie counts on alcoholic beverage labels. It is the proposal of Fiona Sim, president of the Royal Society for Public Health, who wrote it in black and white on the BMJ. Alcohol, in fact, contributes to obesity and the law should require that the calories, as well as alcohol content, be specified on the labels.
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Write about alcoholic beverage labels counting calories. It is the proposal of Fiona Sim, president of the Royal Society for Public Health, that it wrote black on white on the BMJ. Alcohol, in fact, contributes to obesity and the law should require that the calories, as well as alcohol content, be specified on the labels.
Since 2011, food packaged in the European Union has been the subject of an imposing regulation labeling with ingredients and nutritional information, including the energy content (calories). But drinks that contain more than 1,2% alcohol by volume are exempt from this requirement and consumers do not know their content.
Among adults who drink, it is estimated that 10% of theirs daily calorie intake comes from alcohol, writes Sim. Yet a recent survey found that 80% of 2.117 adults surveyed were unfamiliar with the calorie content of common beverages, and most were completely unaware that alcohol could contribute to the total calorie consumption calculation.
"Most women, for example, don't realize that two large glasses of wine, which contain 370 calories, comprise nearly a fifth of them. recommended daily energy intake, as well as containing more than the recommended daily limit of alcohol units, ”explains the doctor.
Many respondents argued in favor of calorie labeling on alcoholic beverages. Some alcoholic beverage manufacturers have already started introduce nutrition labeling, which suggests there is no trading drawback to such a move. However, the information provided to consumers should be "accurate, obvious and meaningful".
The Food and Drug Administration has mandated indicate the calories on the label for alcoholic beverages as of December 2015, in American restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets. What are we waiting for in Europe?
Roberta Ragni
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