During our research and testing sessions one thing that became a hot topic was how many calories are there in alcohol free drinks, especially the calorific value of alcohol free beer.

As people become more health conscious and body conscious, the calories in their drinks become more of an issue.

Lets look at a well known brand – Beck’s.  Standard Beck’s comes in at 40 kcal per 100ml, which means that a 275ml bottle contains 110 kcals.  Beck’s blue alcohol free lager however, comes in at only 19 kcal per 100ml meaning that the 275ml bottle contains only 52 kcal.  As Marjorie Daws says it’s half the calories, so you can have twice as much.  Well, maybe not, but if you drink a few bottles a day then switching to alcohol free lager can have a very positive effect on your calorie intake.

Lets imagine that you drink 3 bottles per day.  That would clock up to an amazing 120,450 kcal, so even a few drinks a day does add up.  Think about halving that amount and the draw of the Beck’s Blue becomes even greater. It’s not only Becks, there are other great brands such as Holsten and wheat beers such as Erdinger too.

Wine, Cider and Mixers will follow, so this is an article I will be adding to as I get more information through, but it should give you an idea.  I’ll be adding to this via the newsletter too, so please sign up here.

You can see our reviews for alcohol free beers and lagers here.

If you have had success controlling calories or losing weight with alcohol free beer or lager then please comment below and share your story.

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