Alcohol labels should carry ‘Alcohol Facts’ box listing nutrition and allergens, regulator says The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s proposal follows years of consumer petitioning

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/17/nutrition-fact-labels-on-alcoholic-beverages-treasury-department-proposed-new-rule/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8UGMlQd9qoo1YGHscgI0Rd__rsHY0zLQnBgjXxi3DvecwDvI1Wz6Qmv47f7diVCbgvQms4JYqzbGxtCwlJmPlhllmM7A&_hsmi=343359550&utm_content=343359550&utm_source=hs_email Do numbers on a label work to help people make healthier choices? Two approaches: You’re familiar with the nutrition box for food labels. Now it’s alcohol’s turn. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has proposed requiring companies to disclose alcohol content and any major food allergens. Information boxes would list the alcohol content of a drink, in fluid ounces of pure alcohol per serving, as well as the familiar calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fats. What took so long? The FDA rules over food, while the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (an agency within the U.S. Treasury) rules over, well, alcohol. STAT’s Isabella Cueto tells us more. Calorie counts on menus for foods you order have been around since 2018, when the FDA ordered chain restaurants to display them, and in the U.K. since 2022, when regulators there introduced the same rule. The Cochrane Collaborative concludes after its hallmark systematic review that the benefits are pretty slim, possibly leading diners to choose foods with an average 1.8% fewer calories than they would without calorie labels. But it’s not nothing, STAT’s Sarah Todd learned. Do calorie counts on menus really change how people eat? Calorie labels on menus have a small but meaningful impact on people’s choices, review finds https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/calorie-counts-on-menus-effects-on-choices-cochrane-review/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_19lHCGT6j68WmJuoWVkHy9H0rwsB1SyqEgcaJqPzP6O5w7ecmhDs4FSRghoPGpE9eAwnbkK9Hc28dXr37INTTn5C9Ew&_hsmi=343359550&utm_content=343359550&utm_source=hs_email