What goes into a wine ingredients list
The ingredients list follows the food information rules: descending order of weight, with additives named by their category and their name or E number. For a still wine, the base is usually grapes, plus any ingredients that are still present in the finished product.
You do not need to copy your winery technical sheet: the list covers the ingredients of the product you place on the market. If you are unsure about a specific processing aid, check the Commission questions and answers notice or ask your competent authority.
- Grapes, concentrated grape must or sucrose, if used.
- Preservatives and antioxidants, with their category and name or E number.
- Stabilisers and acidity regulators, also with their category and name or E number.
Allergens: what stays on the bottle
Even when the ingredients list goes behind the QR code, substances that cause allergies or intolerances stay on the packaging or the physical label. In wine, these are typically sulphites and, if used as fining agents and still present, egg or milk.
Putting allergens only inside the QR code is not compliant. The Commission makes this clear in its questions and answers notice, and enforcement is up to each Member State.
From entry to QR code in three steps
You create the product in Vinoveo and fill in the name of the food and the ingredients. Vinoveo generates the entry and the QR code. You print the QR code on the label, in the same field of vision as the other mandatory particulars, with a word indicating that the ingredients are there.
The QR code is dynamic: if you correct an ingredient or a language, the printed address keeps working. And remember that the energy value and allergens go on the physical label.
Frequently asked questions
Can I put only the ingredients in the QR code and the rest on the bottle?
Yes. The ingredients list and the full nutrition declaration can be provided by electronic means. The energy value and allergens, however, stay on the physical label.
Do I have to list fining agents and other processing aids?
It depends on whether the product or its substance is still present in the wine. Check your case against the Commission questions and answers notice or with your competent authority. If it is an allergen and it remains, it goes on the physical label.
What about wines produced before 8 December 2023?
Wines produced before that date can keep being sold under the previous rules until stocks run out. "Produced" has a precise definition in the regulation; check your case against it.
How much does it cost and how do I start?
Vinoveo costs 50 EUR a year plus VAT, with unlimited dynamic QR codes. You create your account at app.vinoveo.com and generate your first entry. There is no trial period.
