The purpose of this proposal is to clarify requirements in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code with respect to claims about carbohydrate content and the components of carbohydrate (such as sugar) in relation to food that contains more than 1.15% alcohol by volume (ABV), including alcoholic beverages.
Call for submissions
Work on this proposal was temporarily paused while FSANZ undertook preliminary work on energy labelling of alcoholic beverages. In April 2022, work on P1049 was recommenced to align with work on Proposal P1059 Energy labelling on alcoholic beverages and allowed us to consider alignment of any potential alcohol labelling changes.
Consumer research report
In response to a request from Food Ministers, FSANZ undertook consumer research to better understand if consumer perceptions and behaviours are influenced by carbohydrate and sugar claims on alcoholic beverages. The findings of this research provides high quality evidence to inform our assessment of Proposal P1049.
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P1049 Consumer research report (PDF 10.73MB) – Consumer responses to sugar claims, carbohydrate claims, and nutrition information panels on alcoholic beverages.
More information
- Administrative Assessment Report (PDF 84KB) - 17 August 2018
- For background information please see the Technical Assessment