Learn calories in drinks

The following article tells us about the amount of carbohydrates and calories in the 26 most popular alcoholic beverages.

After a tiring jog in the summer sun, do you deserve a cool beer beer? Or the reward for the positive afternoon cleaning the garden is a cool Chardoney?

Before opening a beverage bottle, you should consult a new article, called Alcoholic Reality, to choose the best-selling brands in the United States with calorie, carbohydrate concentrations as well as alcohol content. fit.

Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute of the United States Consumer Federation, where the report was published, said: 'This is information that consumers do not yet have. It is also a way to find information on alcohol content, calories and carbohydrates for consumers'.

Not all consumers know that a standard malt liquor Smirnoff Ice contains 241 calories. Waldrop said: 'That's the information they need to know, especially if they're worried about their weight.'

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Or Seagram's Gin, topping the list of spirits containing 120 calories in 1.5 ounces, while Beringer Chardonnay and Gallo / Carlo Rossi Cabernet Sauvingnon contain 120 calories on a 5-ounce glass.

To help consumers, the federation has developed a comparison chart that shows the amount of alcohol, calories and carbohydrates in the 26 best-selling alcohol products including spanning beer, wine and spirits. This chart details the composition of the standard 12 ounces of beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine and a 1.5-ounce portion of spirits. The chart is based on sales data of the Adams Beverage Group, which includes 13 brands of beer and malt liquor, 5 wine brands, and 8 spirits brands including gin, rum, tequila, voddka and whiskey.

The alcohol content on a standard drink ranges from 0.42 ounces to 0.70 ounces, depending on the brand and type of drink. However, calories and carbohydrates differ significantly.

In spirits, calories on a standard drink are worth 86 for spiced rum (Captain Morgan Orginal Spiced Rum) to 120 for gin (Seagram). On average, a portion of standard spirits contains 98 calories. For wine, calories range from 105 for merlot (Franzia Vintner Select) to 125 for cabernet sauvignon (Gallo / Carlo Rossi) and Chardonnay (Beringer). The average amount of calories in a 5-ounce glass of wine is 118.

The biggest difference in calories is beer and malt alcohol. Light beer has 100 calories per 12 ounces, regular beer has about 140, while malt alcohol has 192 to 241 calories.
For carbohydrates, the ratio is 0 in spirits, 0.8 grams on a chardonnay and 5.0 in caberet sauvignon.

In beers, the amount of carbohydrate is from 3.2 grams per part of light beer to 38 grams per part of malt liquor.

Waldrop said: 'In the long run, we want to focus on these alcoholic drinks in a standard way. With available information, consumers can make appropriate decisions'.

Some medical experts agree that alcoholic beverages should be labeled with the concentration of calories and carbohydrates in addition to the alcohol content.

Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale University School of Medicine Research Center: 'Most Americans use alcoholic beverages. Most Americans are also very interested in body weight. With these two facts, the calories in drinks need to become a concern. But this problem is often overlooked. '