• twistedtxb@lemmy.ca
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    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
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      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…

    • Rusty@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

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

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        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).

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      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.