{"id":3170,"date":"2008-01-31T20:22:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T20:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/alcohol_facts\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T12:38:06","slug":"alcohol_facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/alcohol_facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol Facts – National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"

By National Consumers League staff<\/b><\/p>\n

What’s a dieter to do? A solid month into the new year, resolutions going strong: counting calories<\/a>, exercising, avoiding late-night binges.<\/p>\n

But the weekend’s just around the corner, and one can only avoid Friday happy hours for so long. Wouldn’t it be nice<\/a> if somehow you could actually look at any bottle of beer or wine or tequila and find out how many calories or grams of fat are in it?<\/p>\n

Have allergies? Wouldn’t it be nice to know the ingredients in what you’re drinking? Counting carbs? Watching your alcohol intake? What’s an info-seeking consumer to do?<\/p>\n

Currently, the labeling on beverages containing alcohol is all across the board, with most drinks lacking easy-to-find information about calories, serving sizes, etc. For years, NCL has been asking the federal government<\/a> to make a change for the positive and better regulate this stuff with a standardized, useful “Alcohol Facts” label. (Think “Nutrition Facts” for beer.)<\/p>\n

Here’s<\/a> our latest call for change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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