Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe on 2015-10-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take further steps to advise the public about the amount of sugar in alcohol.

Lord Prior of Brampton

We are not currently planning any national policies on nutrition labelling of alcohol. However, some businesses are choosing to label calories voluntarily on their alcoholic beverages. The possibility of mandating calorie labelling on alcohol is under discussion at European Union level.