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EU mandatory calorie labelling for all wines

From the 6th December 2023, EU wine and spirits products will have to display nutritional information and energy values, including calories.
The EU wine industry, unlike food, has not been previously required to list ingredients other than allergens on wine labels.
The content of physical labels placed on the wine bottle can be limited to a nutrition declaration of the energy value (roughly similar to a declaration of “calories” in the US) by using the symbol “E”. The full nutrition declaration and ingredient list, however, can be provided by electronic means identified on the label itself, such as a QR code.

There are three limitations to this general rule:

The listing of ingredients causing allergies and intolerances must be on the “physical” label;

“Electronic” labels cannot contain any other information intended for sales or marketing purposes;

No user data can be collected or tracked through electronic means.