It’s surprising how many kilojoules/calories the alcohol in a drink can add to your energy intake. These kilojoules are often referred to as empty, as they hold no nutritional value. Excess kilojoules/calories are stored in the body as fat. Three alcoholic drinks may be easy to have on a night out.
We compare the energy in three drinks to that in Tim Tams. There are 397k (95 cal) per Original Tim Tam biscuit.
(Products listed in order from lowest to highest kilojoules)
Low-alcohol beer (with around 2.5% alcohol)
1110kJ (265 cal) per 3 x 330ml bottles
= 2.8 Tim Tams
Regular draught beer
1135kJ (271 cal) per 3 x 300ml bottles
= 2.9 Tim Tams
Low-carb beer
1220kJ (291.5 cal) per 3 x 330ml bottles
= 3.1 Tim Tams
White wine
1315kJ (314 cal) per 3 x 150ml glasses
= 3.3 Tim Tams
Red wine
1475kJ (352.5 cal) per 3 x 150ml glasses
= 3.7 Tim Tams
Cider
1630kJ (390 cal) per 3 x 330ml bottles
= 4.1 Tim Tams
Lager
1705kJ (407.5 cal) per 3 x 330ml bottles
= 4.3 Tim Tams
Double vodka, lime and soda
1730kJ (413.5 cal) per 3 x 200ml glasses
= 4.4 Tim Tams
Dark ale
1870kJ (447 cal) per 3 x 330ml bottles
= 4.7 Tim Tams
Double gin and tonic
2555kJ (611 cal) per 3 x 200ml glasses
= 6.4 Tim Tams
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