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Retailers including Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are working with the Department of Health on how to display calorie counts on alcohol. ‘Through the Responsibility Deal we will continue to discuss how to give consumers more information on alcoholic drinks, including calorie labelling.’ ‘By the end of this year, 80 per cent of all alcoholic drinks on shop shelves will include clear labelling on units and health messages. Mrs Soubry, Public Health Minister said: ‘We're continuing to work with industry to take forward the plans we set out in the alcohol strategy on labelling of alcoholic drinks.

The government negotiated new EU rules to allow for ‘at-a-glance voluntary nutrition information in a wide variety of settings’ including on alcohol.

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The average wine drinker consumes an extra 2,000 calories a month, equivalent to 38 roast beef dinners a year.Ī survey by Drinkaware, backed by TV presenter Lisa Faulkner, found people have no idea how many calories are in alcoholic drinks despite pledges to lose weight Now the warnings could go further and be added to beer and wine on sale in shops and even pubs.Ī glass of wine has almost the same number of calories as four cookies while a pint of lager is equivalent to a slice of pizza.Ī single 25ml measure of spirits has more calories (56kcal) than the same amount of single cream (47kcal), the government warns.Ī gin and tonic contains 126 calories, a bottle of white wine 555 and a pint of lager or cider around 250.Įxperts also point out that drinkers also tend to eat high-fat snacks like crisps, nuts, chips and kebabs.Ī Department of Health survey in 2009 found that one in three people ordered crisps, nuts or pork scratchings with an alcohol drink. The coalition government has repeatedly ruled out using the law to force food and drink firms to give more information to customers.īut using Responsibility Deals it has reached voluntary agreements with leading producers to make clearer how healthy what they sell is.ĭozens of companies including McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut signed up to a deal to provide calorie information on menus for non-alcohol food and drink. Mrs Soubry said: ‘By the end of this year, 80 per cent of all alcoholic drinks on shop shelves will include clear labelling on units and health messages.’ The Government has established a number of so-called Responsibility Deals with the food and drink industry to encourage voluntary measures to improve the health of their products and provide extra information to the public. Health minister Anna Soubry is in talks with industry leaders about adding calorie information to alcoholic drinks

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