Nutrition facts for your favorite alcoholic beverages
Consumer advocates at the Consumer Federation of America have been pushing for legislation that would require Nutrition Facts labels on alcoholic beverages, indicating the calorie and carbohydrate content. Personally, I think it would be great to have this information more readily available to consumers. Many people simply "forget" to account for these calories.
I don't know whether the CFA will succeed in pushing through new labelling but in the meantime, they've published a nutrition facts chart for some of the most commonly consumed alcholic beverages (shown below). You can download a copy at their website.
You'll find nutrition information for many more alcoholic beverages right here on NutritionData.com. When analyzing your daily intake, don't forget to include any wine, beer, or cocktails you may consume. The calories can add up faster than you think!
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Posted by: roger surprenant | Aug 7, 2008 1:28:30 PM
I have not been able to find any site, organization or research information regarding the nutritional data of a large number of beer brands. There are many short lists that involve light or low carb beers, but the nutritional value of the vast majority of beers seems to be unknown. Is there any way to find out what is in beer, aside from the generalities?
Posted by: Monica Reinagel | Jul 3, 2008 2:35:11 PM
Yes, this is part of that same bug, which is turning out to be a little complicated to fix. We're working on it! In the meantime (although I realize it's not as convenient) you can simply add individual IF Ratings of the ingredients to come up with the IF rating of the recipe, then divide by the appropriate number of servings.
Posted by: Family Nutritionist | Jun 30, 2008 4:23:42 PM
I'm interested in finding out the IF rating for some of my recipes. I created this one for hummus (http://www.nutritiondata.com/pantry/edit_recipe/550859), and got a "N/A" rating, even though all the ingredients have ratings. Is this a feature, or is it the bug you talked about in the comments on an earlier post (http://blog.nutritiondata.com/ndblog/2008/05/lots-of-questio.html)? Why do the IF ratings work for some recipes but not for others?
