Sugar in Alcohol, Wine & Vodka

How much sugar in liquors and soft drinks? A list of sugar contents of some popular soft drinks and alcohol liquors like vodka, beer, vine, etc. given below.

Do you know that a can (12 ounce) of non-diet drink contains at least 40 gram (10 teaspoons) of sugar that gives you from 140 to 180 calories!

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Vodka, beer, gin and other alcoholic liquors contain no sugar or very small amount. Vodka is a pure mixture of 40% ethanol, 60% water and has no added sugar in it. Vodka also should not have residual sugars like wine does.

Fruits and fruit juices contain considerable amount of sugar. The fructose present in fruits is also a simple carbohydrate but it is low GI and in the presence of fruit fiber it is not bad because the fibers slow down the digestion rate. The pure fruit juice does not contain any fibers so it may also cause rapid rise of blood sugar level. You should therefore dilute the fruit juice in water to reduce its concentration. It is better to make fruit juice at home and leave some fibers in it. However, you should choose low glycemic index fruits and and glycemic load fruits.

Compiled from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 20 (2007)
www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964.