Sugar in beer: how much is in alcohol-free beer?
By Alex Stewart · Updated
Quick answerA little. Per 100ml: Lucky Saint 0.1g, Beck's Blue 0.2g, Days under 0.5g, IMPOSSIBREW Enhanced Hazy Pale 0.6g, IMPOSSIBREW Enhanced Lager 0.7g, Guinness 0.0 0.7g, Heineken 0.0 1.3g, Nirvana Pils 1.7g.
Sugar per 100ml
| Beer | Sugar per 100ml | kcal per 100ml |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky Saint | 0.1g | 16 |
| Days Lager | <0.5g | 10 |
| Beck's Blue | 0.2g | 14 |
| IMPOSSIBREW Hazy Pale | 0.6g | 16 |
| IMPOSSIBREW Lager | 0.7g | 17 |
| Guinness 0.0 | 0.7g | 17 |
| Heineken 0.0 | 1.3g | 21 |
| Nirvana Pils | 1.7g | not listed |
Why alcohol-free beer has some sugar
In regular beer, yeast turns most of the malt sugar into alcohol. Alcohol-free beers either stop that early or remove the alcohol afterwards, so a little malt sugar is left. Heineken says the sugar in Heineken 0.0 comes from barley malt, not added sugar.
Is there a sugar-free beer?
Lucky Saint markets its lager as sugar-free at 0.1g per 100ml. Everything here is under 2g per 100ml.
FAQ
Does non-alcoholic beer have sugar?
A little: 0.1g to 1.7g per 100ml among the beers here.
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Sources
- Beck's Blue
- Days Lager
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- Heineken 0.0
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- Lucky Saint Unfiltered Lager
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