article_snippet.sent: Winemakers have been accused of fighting new EU regulations on revealing the calorie count on Winemakers labels because it will reveal that a bottle of red has the same as six digestives.
article_snippet.sent: According to The Times, winemakers  fear a fall in sales if consumers realise that 'a bottle of red wine has about the same amount of calories as half a packet of digestive biscuits'.
article_snippet.sent: As sugar and calorie levels varies with each vintage, this wound mean annual tests to provide accurate nutritional labelling. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Abad also said that as the nutritional value of a bottle of wine changes with age, the calories on the label would not be the same down the line.
article_snippet.sent: Consumer and health organisations who have been pushing for a close of the loophole for alcoholic beverages say it's crucial to include calories on wine, beer and spirits so consumers can make 'informed choices'. '
article_snippet.sent: This follows last year's calls from Britain's Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) that labelling is needed in order to tackle obesity.
article_snippet.sent: Counting calories: Consumer and health organisations want wine producers to include calories on Consumer and health organisations bottles
article_snippet.sent: so drinkers can make 'informed choices' RSPH chief executive Shirley Cramer said: 'Calorie labelling has been successfully introduced for a wide range of food products and there is now a clear public appetite for this information to be extended to alcohol to help individuals make informed choices. '
article_snippet.sent: With two in three adults overweight or obese, and given that adults who drink get approximately 10% of adults who drink calories from alcohol, this move could make a major difference to waistlines of the nation.'
article_snippet.sent: A poll in November 2014 found that a majority of UK adults either did not know or underestimated the number of calories in a glass of wine and a pint of lager.
article_snippet.sent: Alcohol contains seven calories per gram.
article_snippet.sent: A large glass of white wine (250ml) contains on average 185 calories, a glass of champagne around 90 calories, a pint of lager some 180 calories while a double vodka and tonic around 145 calories.
highlights_snippet.sent: Winemakers accused of trying to hide calorie count from consumers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Proposed EU regulations would force makers to put calories on bottle .
  