Nébih: labeling errors found in dry rosé sparkling wines

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 12. 15. 11:20

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The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) tested dry rosé sparkling wines. The tested alcoholic beverages were suitable from a food safety perspective, but official proceedings were initiated against five products due to illegal labeling, Nébih told MTI on Monday.

The authority tested 23 dry rosé sparkling wines based on the offerings of large retail chains in the Supermenta product test this time; among the 0.75 liter beverages, 12 were domestic and 11 were foreign. The test included products in the brut nature, extra brut, brut, extra dry and dry categories in terms of their sweetness category, of which 14 were made with fermentation in bottles and 9 in tanks.

Among other things, the alcohol and sugar content of the sparkling wines, as well as the amount and origin of carbon dioxide in them, were checked. The alcohol content of the tested rosés ranged between 10.5 and 12.5 percent according to their labels, and these values corresponded to the measurements of the analytical tests.

According to the announcement, in the production of sparkling wine, carbon dioxide from natural fermentation is a guarantee of quality and authenticity, since in the case of added carbon dioxide, the given drink can only be called sparkling wine and sparkling wine made with the addition of carbon dioxide. Therefore, it is important that the Nébih tests established that the bubbles in the tested sparkling wines were created naturally, during the fermentation of the sparkling wine. In general, it can be said that the content and food safety characteristics of the beverages met the requirements.

The experts also placed great emphasis on the labeling inspection, where they checked whether the mandatory content elements – such as alcohol content and the marketing identifier – were included on the labels. In this area, errors were found in five cases: in three items, objections were raised regarding the information displayed by reading the QR code found on the packaging.

A problem arose with the indication of an uncertified geographical indication for one sparkling wine, and on one product, the data content of the original and the additional Hungarian language label did not match. In these cases, official proceedings were initiated against the producers and distributors of the affected products due to illegal labeling.

They also addressed the popularity test of the Supermint product tests, where, based on the evaluation of experts and laypeople, the “Veuve Pelletier brut rosé sparkling wine” came in first place among bottle-fermented rosé sparkling wines, and the “Törley Selection Rosé Sec” came in first place among tank-fermented rosé sparkling wines.