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[-] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 187 points 1 year ago

The fact that wine and beer bottles are exempt from those Nutrition Facts labels is utter nonsense.

If people knew how much sugar and calories are in their drink maybe they would think twice

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

I was drinking a while claw with my mother-in-law, and reflected that 100 calories was pretty good.

She responded she preferred her normal vodka sodas because they have 0 calories...

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Honestly I wouldn't know if I didn't have to take nutrition 101 in college.

Actually who am I kidding if I didn't know I probably would've googled it.

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Zero calories? 100 g of 60 % vodka is 370 calories

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

90 cal a shot is my usual quick math. Clearly not my mother in law's.

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

There are nutrition labels on alcohol in Europe, but people there drink as much as here.

[-] Blaidd@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Europe drinks way more alcohol than North America

Excerpt from the article:

If you feel that Europeans drink a lot, your hunch is correct: people across the continent consume more alcohol than in any other part of the world. Each year in Europe, every person aged 15 and over consumes, on average, 9.5 litres of pure alcohol, which is equivalent to around 190 litres of beer, 80 litres of wine or 24 litres of spirits. That’s according to the 2021 European health report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

True, one of my neighbour drank 1 bottle of wine at diner and 1 at supper, he died of cirrhosis of liver at around 60 though.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 8 points 1 year ago

Yup, just checked my beer. Lists ingredients and calories. In 2 langauges!

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The cans of beer that I buy have ingredients and nutrition info like a soda can does.

Haven't seen any on liquor bottles though.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

I don't have any liquor bottles, but my wine bottles have ingredients info, but no nutrition info.

[-] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 3 points 1 year ago

Depends on from where they were sourced.

My Itallian red wine has nutritional info, French sourced white wine has nutritional info, American sourced red wine has nothing.

A short search states that the US doesnt have to have labels on alcohol because it's not regulated by the FDA.

In Canada beer alcohol isn't required to have nutritional info.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

The fact that wine and beer bottles are exempt from those Nutrition Facts labels is utter nonsense.

I did not know that. That is nuts.

[-] salton@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

Not having to list ingredients is a real pain if you have uncommon food allergies.

[-] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

Alcohol is required to list ingredients and allergy information.

[-] penguin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

But then when you do see the nutrition label, it ends up acting as an ad that it's a healthier drink.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This I fully agree with, and have no idea why they are currently exempted but assume lobbying.

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No one is going to stop drinking because the drinks have too much sugar or calories

[-] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe. But I know some who would be drinking less

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not to mention some people also want to take serious track of their caloric and nutritional intake but also want to enjoy an alcoholic beverage.

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