Do consumers want nutrition labeling of alcoholic beverages?

by Brian White (Subscribe to Brian White's posts)
Dec 11th 2007 7:35AM

If you were to find out how many calories was in that alcoholic beverage, would you be apt to drink less than you currently do? If you're into dieting and watching your caloric intake, probably yes.

The labeling of sugar, calories and preservatives is absent in beer and wines here in the U.S. If many of us were to know what we were drinking, we'd probably cut back a bit. That is, if we were concerned about weight gain.

In an April 2007 survey, 75 percent of respondents said that they wanted to see both ingredients and nutritional information displayed on alcoholic beverage packaging. Would you?

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Chris 12-11-2007 @ 9:31AM

You really bring up a good point, Brian.

Why is it that every other food/drink in the country must have a label on it, yet alcoholic beverages get a pass? As if they already didn't make enough money getting people drunk, arrested, and destroying families...