I’ve noticed many times that Polish importers put incorrect information into the labels they stick on the imported products.
Sometimes it’s something minor, but I bought "Mug" root beer today and the information differs dramatically.
First of all, importer mentioned 3x times more sugar than there actually is, and 2x times more calories. I think there is a big difference between 16g of sugar per whole can and 12g per 100ml.
Secondly, they forgot to mention artificial sweeteners in the ingredients.
And finally, they even failed to correctly specify the volume of the can.
As if it was not enough, Carrefour put this sweet drink into the beer section, probably because the label says "beer".
Why do they do that? Is that even legal?
EDIT:
Thank you all for the answers, with the tips provided by you I think I solved the mystery.
This "beer" does, indeed, have local Philippine variant, which differs from the US one.
Sources:
1. US ingredients and energy info is HERE
2. HERE is the the can from the Philippines. It does not have the energy info, but we can find it HEREfor the bigger volume.
My guess would be that importer simply took the US energy info and put it on the can, completely disregarding the differences in the formulas. This also makes sense if you consider that Philippines have stricter laws regarding sweet drinks, and they tax them as well.
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Posted by Any_Description8808
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It depend if information is correct or not. Localization of products is normal.
I think someone put the wrong label in their system.
Jeez, yeah thats illegal and big chain that specializes in grocery imports just hooks up rng to their labelling machine. /s
Between countries in the EU and the rest of the world are significant differences how energetic value is measured and calculated and then reported. US is especially famous for not providing “actual” results of calorimetric mearurments and calculations but have 100s of rounding rules, excluding certain sugars etc. Those different standards result in different values on the label. You can read further for example on wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label)
How do you know it is importer and not the producer who puts incorrect data?
It’s a miracle the salt content is correct. Most imported labels I’ve seen just treat sodium as 1:1 with salt (NaCl)
I doubt it but maybe they actually checked and these are results, this original label is really suspicious because basically all data you can find on Internet doesn’t align with it, 12 fl oz (360ml) of Mug Root Beer is supposed to have 150-160kcal and 43g of sugar, that 100% aligns with Polish one and don’t align with original one.
Only what’s on sticker matters. Cans can be from a different batch or product.
If the information on the sticker is correct, then what’s the problem?
Piwo korzenne? Gdzie to piwo? Gdzie korzenne przyprawy?
Don’t buy Mug, it tastes exactly the same as A&W and you can get A&W in E.Leclerc for 5 PLN
I po co zdzierałeś? Wiesz co teraz będzie?
>!Makao!<
Nice root beer, just carbonated sweet water with colouring and flavors, ugh