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[Williamj]

Hi padders ive had acouple of non alcholic beers0.05%but never thought of going on the strong stuff butits more flavoered water for me ive read resherers have found to attain 1 unit of alochol off 0.05%beers u would have to drink 24 bottles constantly i have a friend who is in the same position as uz he has 2 bottles of 0.05 beer then2 bottles of water and has no problems but each to there own me i am very careful what i drink but i would ask about it because everbody is diffrent its up to u its your life

[25laval]

Heineken now has Heineken 00 alcohol beer. The "non alcoholic" .05% beer is not non-alcoholic. Apparently, other brewers also are offering 00 alcohol beer.

[CocoChannel in reply to 25laval]

I’ll look out for it.

The 0.05% variety you mentioned, a 330ml can contains 69 calories and 4.3 grammes of sugar. The equivalent amount of cola has 39 grammes of sugar. Other brands of 0.05 to 0.5% drinks have higher sugar content, but most aren’t as sugary as fruit juices or drinks such as cola.

[missunites]

Hi there,I drink alcohol free kopparberg, most that say alcohol free also say up to a max of 0.05% in the small print. I believe its to cover themselves in case not all alcohol has been removed.

[CocoChannel in reply to missunites]

That’s the one brand i’d drink in moderation. Not because of any alcohol, but the amount of sugar is very high, nearly 50 grammes per bottle.

[alfredthegreat]

Hi Williamj, I drink Becks Blue occasionally. It's 0.05% per 75ml bottle. Each bottle is 0.6gm sugar and 39 calories. I also drink Seedlip Gin 0.0% and slimline tonic. I am one year post transplant. My very recent blood tests were termed as 'perfect' . I drink these products with my specialists knowledge and agreement. I think that if people want to drink non alco products but are unsure it is best to ask your specialist and get his expert advice. All the best Alf

[Roy1955]

Interestingly orange juice can have 10 times the alcohol compared with products like becks blue but it's not compulsory to put it on the lable.

From an "alcohol free" suppliers website.

What is meant by alcohol-free? This depends on the type of product in question but, generally, we mean a product contains no, or only small traces of, ethanol-based alcohols.

The terms used to describe drinks in which the alcohol has been extracted are controlled by government regulations.

In the UK these types of drinks are split into the following categories:

Alcohol-free: Contains 0.05% alcohol or less

De-alcoholised: Contains 0.5% alcohol or less

Low-alcohol: contains more than 0.5% but no more than 1.2%

And, of course, we have non-alcoholic drinks, ie drinks that contain no alcohol at all (0%).

In most of Europe the situation is less complicated. Drinks containing up to 0.5 per cent alcohol are classed simply as alcohol-free and they do not use the ugly word de-alcoholised.

Some of our drinks contain up to 0.5% of alcohol by volume. To put this into context, a normal glass of fresh orange juice can naturally contain up to 0.5% alcohol. Malt vinegar you put on your chips is about 0.2% alcohol

[CocoChannel]

This drink is common abroad,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal...

It is exactly the same as Guinness but without the alcohol. The fact it’s not called Guinness nor has any reference to alcohol means it gets none of the flak that more recognisable drinks get.

Someone has missed a trick here. If a new company with no connection to the alcohol industry started producing a drink that resembled beer without the alcohol or the word “beer”, what objections could there be?