Low and No Alcohol Beer
Sliced Bread
BBC
4.6 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Sales of alcohol-free beer in the UK have more than tripled in the past five years, and you'll find more types of no and low-alcohol beer on sale in your local supermarket.
But what does 'alcohol-free' really mean? And are these drinks always better for your health?
Various listeners got in touch with us about this one, so we enlisted the help of two experts to answer their questions.
Laura Willoughby knows a lot about no/low alcohol beer as co-founder of Club Soda which says it exists "to help people drink more mindfully and live well”.
Kerry Torrens is a registered nutritionist who has been working in the food and drink sector for two decades.
Once again this series we’re testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products, so f you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there’s any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807.
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Jon Douglas
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| 0:42.1 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates your suggested wonder products. |
| 0:47.6 | Today's topic is another much-requested one. |
| 0:50.5 | To introduce it, here's Colin Rees in Hertfordshire. |
| 0:53.4 | Hi, Greg. I've been looking at alcohol-free beers in various stores to find that within |
| 0:59.0 | very small print on some products, it says no more than 0.5% alcohol. This is despite the can |
| 1:07.2 | saying alcohol-free, something appears to be not right. And I wondered if sliced bread |
| 1:12.9 | could take a look for me. Thanks. No, thank you, Colin. And everyone else who sent in a voice |
| 1:17.6 | note requesting that I look into alcohol-free beers. If you have spotted a promising-sounding |
| 1:22.4 | wonder product and you'd like to know if it is indeed the best thing since sliced bread or |
| 1:26.1 | marketing BS, please do send it over. the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS. |
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