Serving Facts on Bacardi Island Breeze

by Robert C. Lehrman on March 10, 2009

This Bacardi Island Breeze label blew in with a bang, in late 2005, and blew out quickly thereafter. Bacardi apparently had big plans for this “lite spirit.” The company booked Kim Cattrall for print and TV ads. But just a few years later, there is almost no trace of this brand or the ads. This label remains significant because it is one of the very few that refers to a Serving Size of 1.5 fluid ounces, and the “USDA National Nutrient Database.” TTB is moving toward requiring this information, in an expanded way, on all alcohol beverage labels. Diageo has pointed to this label and grumbled that it should be allowed to do something similar, too. This product is also one of very few using sucralose as a sweetener.