Why Don’t Bottles Of Alcohol Provide Nutritional Values?

14 August 2018, 16:36 | Updated: 15 August 2018, 10:44

Why don’t bottles of alcohol provide nutritional values on the label?

Question:

Unlike food and soft drinks products, why doesn’t alcohol provide a nutritional values label on the back of the bottle?

Richard, Canvey Island

Answer:

**DEFINITIVE**

Name: Martin, Milton Keynes

Qualifications: drinks developer, working on drinks such as Lucozade

Answer: In the EU nutritional value labels are voluntary and not imposed. Many alcohol producers don’t include the nutrition on alcohol products due to fears that consumers would be put off because of high calorie and carbohydrate content. Producers are obliged to provide the alcohol percentage on every bottle.