In the US why doesn't alcohol have nutrition facts printed on the bottle?

It isn’t food.

@PerryDolia Beverages have the nutrition facts.

Technically, it’s not considered a beverage either. It’s in its own class and regulated separately.

Because those drinking beer don’t really give a… hoot… about the nutrition facts..

People don’t drink beer for its nutritional value. And most wouldn’t be deterred by its lack of.

Perhaps because it’s controlled by the ATF & ABC but not the FDA.

there is no point in printing nutrition information on poison.

@ragingloli Haha, you’re funny. I guess that’s why they don’t put anything on cigarette packages… oh wait, they do.

There’s simply been no push to put alcoholic nutrition information anywhere but on websites willfully by the company. I for one would love to see it listed on bottles just like any other drink.

Beer does have the info…not on the bottle, but it is on the box.

@dynamicduo Actually, they only print health warnings on cigarette packs, like, “May cause lung cancer,” or, “Don’t use if pregnant.”

They don’t list the ingredients nor nutrition facts because there are at least 599 additives

because when you’re drunk, you don’t give a shit about stuff like “calories”.

Because one cannot live by wine alone. In other words, if you drink so much that you need to get nutrition from booze, then you are on a fast road to Hell and poor nutrition isn’t your biggest problem.

Although I seem to recall that wine coolers sometimes have calorie counts and such on them.

A lot of people underestimate the calories of alcohol itself.

1g fat = 9 calories, 1g protein = 4 calories, 1g carb = 4 calories, 1g alcohol = 7 calories

Almost like fat!

Because when you hit up that bottle of Johnny Walker, the last thing on your mind is your high cholesterol.

It’s actually illegal to print nutritional information on a bottle of alcohol. The TTB (the bureau that controls alcohol labels and taxes federally) doesn’t allow any claim to nutrition, which nutritional information would be.

Bert Grant’s now defunct Yakima Brewing Company tried to print the same nutritional information that is on other food and was stopped from doing so, as unfiltered beer actually has a lot of vitamin b complex and other vitamins and nutrients. The only claims allowed are pretty much calories and carbs.

@ragingloli, alcohol may be poison in high enough quantities, but so is oxygen. Beer was actually the life blood of civilization for a long time when it was safer to drink than water. It’s only bad when, like almost anything, it’s consumed without moderation :)

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), formerly the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), specifically prohibits alcohol producers from placing nutritional information on beverage containers or advertising.

Few people probably know that alcoholic beverages tend to have, for example:
• moderately fewer calories than non-alcoholic beverages,
• dramatically fewer grams of carbohydrates (“carbs”), and
• no fat whatsoever, whereas most non-alcoholic beverages contain fat.

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/InTheNews/Etc/1122745595.html

What is wrong with everyone. Why does everyone seem to think that people who drink don’t give a crap about calories and health? This is the most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard.

Intoxication is a very nice state to be in, and appeals to everyone, even health freaks, especially when under stress.

I dislike sweets, limit red meat, and try to eat enough raw vegetables per day. I exercise regularly and build muscles at the gym. Who are you to speak for me that each month when I decide to have fun and get drunk, I somehow “stop caring” about my health?