Alcoholic Beverages
🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 17-208
✦ Fuller body: 4-4.7% ABV
✦ ~2.3-2.7 units per pint
✦ B vitamins from malt and yeast
✦ Units accumulate faster than session bitter
Premium bitter or best bitter is a fuller-bodied ale typically 4-4.7% ABV, with a more complex hop and malt character than session bitter. A pint contains around 2.3-2.7 units of alcohol and 200-220 kcal. It provides small amounts of B vitamins and silicon from malt and yeast fermentation. Its higher ABV means units accumulate faster than session beer.
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Preparation note
Be mindful that premium bitter's higher ABV means fewer pints fit within the 14-unit weekly guideline. Pair food with alcohol to slow absorption and reduce peak blood alcohol concentration.
Sources:
NHS Alcohol units · CoFID 2021
Where Beer, bitter, best, premium Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
139
kJ
Energy
0.30
g
Protein
2.20
g
Carbs
2.20
g
Sugars
0.02
g
Salt
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium | 46.0 mg | 2% | |
| Chloride | 36.0 mg | 5% | |
| Phosphorus | 16.0 mg | 2% | |
| Calcium | 9.00 mg | 1% | |
| Folate | 8.00 µg | 4% | |
| Magnesium | 8.00 mg | 2% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 0.800 mg | 5% | |
| Zinc | 0.100 mg | 1% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.090 mg | 6% | |
| Pantothenic Acid (B5) | 0.070 mg | 1% | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.040 mg | 3% | |
| Copper | 0.030 mg | 3% | |
| Manganese | 0.010 mg | 1% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.000 mg | 0% | |
| Trans fat | 0.000 g | — | |
| Glucose (dextrose) | 0.300 g | — | |
| Sucrose | 0.000 g | — | |
| Fructose | 0.000 g | — | |
| Cholesterol | 0.000 mg | — | |
| Biotin (Vitamin B7) | 1.00 µg | 2% | |
| Retinol (vitamin A) | 0.000 µg | 0% |
* % Daily Value based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs). — indicates no EU NRV established.
Primary data source for this entry:
McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021.
All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated.
% Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
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