For more information on the labelling of alcoholic beverages, please visit the UK Food Standards Agency website. No nutritional information should be provided for alcoholic beverages. If given voluntarily, it may include only the energy value or the full nutrition declaration (energy value plus amounts of fats, saturated fats, carbohydrates, sugar, protein and salt). For the purpose of nutrition labelling of alcoholic beverages, energy conversion factors of 29 kJ/g and 7 kcal/g for alcohol (ethanol) shall be used. The list of ingredients is not required for alcoholic beverages in the UK. Of course, your labels express your brand and for marketing purposes, this should be fully exploited. However, your branding cannot conflict with other policies. For example, „Super Stud“ beer could be interpreted as an indication of an increase in sexual abilities and would not be allowed. Many independent or craft breweries often come up with entertaining names, but it`s important that these don`t violate guidelines. Food products containing or consisting of GMOs, produced from GMOs or containing ingredients produced from GMOs shall be labelled in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. They may use an allusion to a spirit drink if it is the only alcoholic base used to produce a spirit drink falling within a category of spirit drinks listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/787. It must: Regulations 8, 9 and 10 make consequential amendments to the way the labelling or labelling requirements of the major regulations are applied. In particular, they shall require that the beverages issued be marked or labelled on a menu, wine list or notice and that the indication of the labelling of the alcohol content appears in the same field of vision as the name of the alcoholic beverage.

Where information is already required and is issued in accordance with the Price Marking (Food and Beverages on the Spot) Ordinance 1979, the notification of alcoholic strength by volume required by the main Regulations may be made at the same place as the information provided in this Regulation. To label an alcoholic beverage, which is a compound term, you must: You must properly label spirits if you sell them in the UK. This includes other beverages and foods that contain spirits. Some rules differ between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland. The following information must appear on the label: These regulations, which apply only to England and Wales, further amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1984 („the Main Regulation“) as regards alcohol and nutrition labelling. The Regulations repeal Council Directive 79/112/EEC (OJ No L 33, 8.2.79, p. 1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs intended for the final consumer, as amended by Council Directive 86/197/EEC (OJ L 33, 8.2.79, p. 1). OJ L 144, 29.5.86, p. 38), which requires the indication of the alcoholic strength by volume of alcoholic beverages and which was amended by Commission Directive 87/250/EEC (OJ L 144, 29.5.86, p. 1). L 113, 30.4.87, p.

57). Remember that you cannot sell alcohol to someone under the age of 18. Test purchases are made to ensure that retailers comply with the law and do not sell many age-restricted products to minors. Policy Proposal: Development of minimum legal requirements for the labelling of alcohol products. In addition to existing advice, this should also include health warnings, ingredients and nutritional information. The Ministry of Health focuses on three areas related to alcohol consumption: A compound term cannot be used if a spirit drink has only been diluted with water, so the alcohol content is lower than the minimum content indicated in the category of beverages. The labeling of your product can contain many details, including, for example, information about the ingredients and their origin or brewing methods. At a minimum, the following information should be summarized on bottle labels to facilitate the location of consumers: The Alcohol Charter, co-written by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drugs, Alcohol and Justice and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Harms of Alcohol, sets out effective and feasible strategies to reduce the harm caused to society by alcohol abuse.