Alcohol in pudding not clearly displayed

I find that a lot of products contain alcohol and aren’t labelled as such. I don’t like the taste, so I keep going through ingredients meticulously if I think there’s the slightest chance. It’s actually easy - much worse eating out where it’s not necessarily always mentioned. I’d love for it to be me labelled so it’s easy to see but know it’s often not so reading ingredients it is…

Yes , true . But he’s happy to grab 10 bucks off them also .

It says it on the front AND in the ingredients list; I think they’ve done enough tbh. Surely the onus is on the customer to read the packaging if they have a strong reason to avoid an ingredient.

Again, the 14 allergens that appear in bold are not the choice of the manufacturer, they're legally required to be bolded (or underlined etc) as they are the most common allergens.

Anything CAN be an allergen, but some are more common than others, and allergies to alcohol are presumably rare or it would be included.

It's a bit blurry when I blow that up so can't see where it says alcohol on the front, but agree that it's important people take responsibility themselves about checking the full list of ingredients.

However - the allergens etc on the back are listed in bold, yet alcohol is not bold - so maybe this is a learning point for the manufacturers? Lots of people don't drink for many reasons - including religious and cultural beliefs - so you really would think it would be one of the ingredients that should be very clearly displayed!

(Although I suppose they don't with e.g. pork, although maybe they should......)

OP - I think you are right to raise this and maybe fight it as a bigger issue (if you have the time and the energy.....)

This drives me insane. I have an intolerance to alcohol and I find puddings are the worst at labelling the alcohol. Fair enough, I expect it in tiramisu but not in profiteroles.

You just have to be really vigilant.

It's also randomly in a lot of salad dressings.

There’s always whingers .

2 of Sainsbury's tiramisus refer to "marsala wine" in the description. The pistachio tiramisu doesn't but it has the "contains alcohol" wording.

I honestly don't know if I would have spotted this. It's odd to make a specific reference to "marsala" in 2 but omit in the other (presumably because in the 3rd one whatever the "alcohol" is, is cheap)

Some supermarket deserts have booze added and its never cooked at all, like tiramisu or trifle. If OP could taste 'alcohol' rather than 'wine' or 'whiskey' then it was still there.

I don't think people who struggle with alcohol problems are supposed to be drinking the alcohol free versions either though are they?
Some of the alcohol free drinks do also have small amounts of alcohol. Heineken 0.0 has a very small amount but it's in it all the same. I'm not sure how that's written on the can though!

I believe that for some who struggle with alcohol that the non-alcoholic versions can lead them back to the alcoholic ones but I suppose there probably are some people who find it helpful!

If you wouldnt want your kids to absorb ANY alcohol, (whereas I wouldnt mind my kids having these chocolate pots), then presumably yes you would check ingredients, certainly medicines, chocolates

Im unclear why there is such a clamour on this thread to claim that alcohol in puds or chocolate puds is unusual, its very usual.

Nope - I’ve not said anything about diluting the allergy notifications.

I would think that listing every ingredient contained within a food product would start to get a bit long winded after a while.

I mean, my flapjack would have to be called a chocolate porridge oat sugar golden syrup butter bar, and honestly there isn't enough room on the label for that even before you get down to some of the other things.

Complete & utter tangent, but it involves supermarkets and alcohol….

…..why on earth do they put the non alcoholic versions right next to the alcoholic versions, and not with the soft drinks?

If you’re struggling with an alcohol problem, you have to walk amongst the alcohol aisles to access the booze-free alternatives. Seems stupid.

Ok, rant over!

Currently I'm eating a delicious flapjack. It's lovely, thank you.

And you are, without doubt, talking out of your arse.

The product was labelled twice with "contains alcohol" for an amount of booze that cannot hurt anyone. Meanwhile, you want the messaging for actual allergens to be diluted because... reasons.

I mean, what more do you want? A fucking barbershop quartet standing next to it singing a warning to you?

We want it to say it in the name or description.
Why is that so difficult to understand? It really shouldn't be that difficult at all.

Sadly it’s not nonsense. Alcohol is a toxin to the body. The liver processes the alcohol rapidly because it is a danger. You can go on about bananas and the wine that you’re drinking but do have a think about what you’re putting into your body right now.

Once again, the amount of alcohol in a product that is not age restricted is not enough to hurt anyone. There is as much in a couple of over-ripe bananas.

Not matter how many times you say it, it doesn't stop being nonsense.

They want it to say 'CONTAINS ALCOHOL'.

It literally says "contains alcohol" on the front and the back. What more do people want?

Alcohol is a toxin.

Really? You never mentioned this…..

It's stated more clearly than allergens that could kill people.

It's very obvious on this thread which posters have no experience of checking food labels!

Alcohol is a toxin. It needs to be clearly stated as present on the packaging. This packaging is not clear.

I generally am trying to avoid giving my children vodka tbh. I'd have just previously felt a little paranoid and ott to be scrutinising every item in case someone's added it to the small print.

For increased targeting of sales. It's a different matter altogether. There's no requirement to label vegetarian/vegan foods. The marketers do it so that the veggies don't miss their product. It's not a warning. Not all vegan foods are labelled. Polo mints, bourbon biscuits, Oreos etc. Veg(an) foods are labelled for what they don't contain.