Dutch brewers want uniform European rules to prevent false competition and avoid confusion over the term “alcohol-free” for beers containing a small amount of alcohol. In the Netherlands so-called alcohol-free beer can contain just 0.1% alcohol while alcohol-free wine can contain up to 0.5 %. Anything up to 1.2% is labelled “alcohol arm” or alcohol poor. However, in other European countries the rules are different, with Belgium and Germany labelling beer with a volume of 0.5% alcohol-free while... Read this story
