Drawing on the experience we have built up since 1992, we will help you answer this question yourself:
Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola. We have been drinking it all our lives without worrying too much about what it is made of; however, we have the right to read its composition whenever we want. The same goes for any of the other brands we trade, all of them extremely well known.
That is why there are regulations requiring manufacturers to list the ingredients on every container put on sale. Nowadays calorie content has also become important, so it is now mandatory to state it too, both per 100 ml of product and as the total calories in the container. The same applies to substances that can affect people with allergies, as well as nutrients such as gluten, protein, carbohydrates, fats…
All of this must appear on the label of every container. But what happens if the product comes from another country and all that information is written in another language? The answer is obvious: every container has to be relabelled, so that the end consumer can read all that information in the local language.
There is a common regulation for the whole European Economic Area on this: REGULATION (EU) No 1169/2011. You can read it if you like, but if you'd rather not, you can rely on the fact that we already have. And not only that: we went the extra mile and spoke to the health authorities of several Comunidades Autónomas (Spain's regional governments) to agree on a legally perfect label for each of the products we bring in from other countries. This is the label we apply to every container we sell to customers who request it.
Now you may be wondering:
how much does it cost to apply that label to every container?
The answer is very simple: little, compared with the trouble you could face if you are inspected and caught with imported products not labelled in Spanish. On top of the fine and the obligation to relabel the product, you will face a great deal of lost time, the headache of an unpleasant situation and possible damage to your company's reputation if it appears in the press (as has happened in many cases). As if that were not enough, your customers can also get into trouble if they are inspected, and that will not do your relationship with them any good.
As an example, labelling a case of soft drink cans can cost between 35 and 50 cents per case of 24 units, depending on the format and packaging it arrives in from origin, that is, between 1 and 1.5 cents per can.
With all this I hope I have at least given you more information so that, if it interests you, you can make the right decision:
With or without a label?
YOU DECIDE
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