Regardless, it will take some time before nutrition facts—physical or otherwise—are legally required for alcohol. After an open comment period and subsequent review, the new rules would take effect five years from their approval date.

Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department.

For the first time, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposed rules that would bring alcohol labels closer in line with food packaging.

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing nutrition information be placed on the front of packaged foods to provide at-a-glance information about saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes "front-of-package" labeling will better improve the American population's health, the FDA announced.