CASE STUDIES
Finland
Already in 2005 Panimoliitto, the Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry in Finland, recommended its member companies to label the ingredients in their beers and other products.
- In 2008 a recommendation was added to also label the energy values
- In 2017 Panimoliitto published a study showing that 86% of consumers thought that labelling ingredients was very useful, whilst 77% thought the same about the labelling of energy and nutritional values
- In 2019, 100% of Panimoliitto’s member companies are labelling both ingredients and energy values on their bottles and cans
- Member companies think that the labelling of ingredients and energy information is and important and self-evident part of their corporate responsibility, with a voluntary approach more effective than legislation
