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Alcohol campaigners call for mandatory labelling on bottled drinks

Current laws only require firms to show the strength of alcohol, allergens and the container’s volume.  Any other information, such as ingredients and calorie content is optional – setting it apart from the food and soft drinks industries. Campaigners believe this is wrong for a product that causes 10 deaths every day in Scotland. READ MORE: New research carried out for Alcohol Focus Scotland found that just 23 per cent of Scots were aware of the recommended, maximum number of alcohol units (14) while only a quarter knew how many calories were in the average pint of beer. It is unacceptable that a product linked to 10 deaths a day in Scotland continues to be exempt from laws

Alcohol warning as just 25% know how many calories are in their drink

© Mhorvan Park/ DCT Media New research shows three-quarters of us don t know how many calories are in alcohol Health experts say lives could be saved with changes to alcohol labelling, following a shock poll showing three-quarters of us don’t know the calorie counts of our favourite drinks. As it stands, the law requires there to be more in-depth information on a carton of orange juice than there does a bottle of wine. How much do you know? Try our interactive quiz below. And despite industry-wide agreement to update labels in 2019, The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) says more than 70% still fall shy of their desired level of detail.

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