--- description: Diageo is adding the information to many of its bottles title: Diageo to List Calorie Count on Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and Others image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4517d4b650cc992/6987848b5f570f3cffb15d9a/guinness.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Calorie Count Coming Soon to a Can of Guinness Near You by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2015 3:58 PM CUT  Pints of Guinness at Gravity Bar at Guinness Storehouse. Pints of Guinness at Gravity Bar at Guinness Storehouse.Richard I'Anson—Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2015 3:58 PM CUT The largest alcohol company in the world is [preparing to add calorie counts](http://www.wsj.com/articles/diageo-plans-nutritional-labeling-for-alcohol-1426787647 "undefined") to many of its best-selling brands. Diageo announced Thursday that the nutritional information would begin to appear on bottles, the _Wall Street Journal_ reports, and the first brand to get labeled will probably be Smirnoff. The new policy will take hold in the next few months, and will likely affect lines like Johnnie Walker and Guinness as well. Whether the new labels will stop anyone from ordering another vodka soda remains to be seen. A 2013 [study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon](http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2013/july/july18%5Fmenulabeling.html "undefined") found that displaying calorie counts and recommendations in restaurants did not have an impact on consumer choice. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/diageo-plans-nutritional-labeling-for-alcohol-1426787647 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/"},"headline":"Calorie Count Coming Soon to a Can of Guinness Near You","datePublished":"2015-03-20T15:58:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:51.420Z","description":"Diageo is adding the information to many of its products","url":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/","keywords":["Food & Drink","Newsfeed","Alcohol"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4517d4b650cc992/6987848b5f570f3cffb15d9a/guinness.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4517d4b650cc992/6987848b5f570f3cffb15d9a/guinness.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pints of Guinness at Gravity Bar at Guinness Storehouse.","caption":"Pints of Guinness at Gravity Bar at Guinness Storehouse.","creditText":"Richard I'Anson—Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/","name":"Calorie Count Coming Soon to a Can of Guinness Near You"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Truth About Fat","description":"When you want to lose weight or get healthy, what is the first thing you would normally cut from your diet? If you said fat, you're not alone","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uYGhfNfS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-12T14:12:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uYGhfNfS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/","duration":"PT5M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3752518/diageo-calorie-count/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```