Low and No Alcohol Beer
Are no or low-alcohol beers better for you than a regular pint?
Sliced Bread · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
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.
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PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Jon Douglas