Introduction
Recent changes to European Union regulations for wine labelling mean that wines produced after 8 December 2023 (i.e. vintage 2024 wines in Australia) will require a value for dietary energy content on the label as well as an online ingredient list and nutritional panel accessed via a unique QR code. While the EU is the first market to introduce nutritional labelling on wine, other markets are likely to follow with variations on the same theme.
Nutritional testing and EU labelling compliance
Comprehensive testing for nutritional information costs in the region of $300 per wine. However, Australian producers can comply with the new EU regulations by using average or indicative values.
Affinity Labs has surveyed a range of results from its commercial testing database to determine these average values. More information on this research can be found on the AWRI website.
In circumstances where a producer would like a documented set of values for a particular wine, Affinity Labs offers Nutritional information for EU wine labels for dry wine, using a combination of average values and wine analysis, for a fraction of the cost of comprehensive testing.
For more information on nutritional panel testing, search ‘nutritional panel’ on our wine webpage.
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