Questions tagged [nutrition]
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Do alcohol calories count for weight gain/loss?
For normal food, every extra 3500 Calories consumed tend to lead to 1 lb weight gain. However, nutrition tables are created using calorimetry, that is by burning food down to CO2 and H2O, rather than ...
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Does barrel aging add sugar to liquors?
Wikipedia says:
Some brandies have caramel colour and sugar added to simulate the appearance of barrel aging.
My question is: Does real barrel aging add sugar to liquors, and if so, how much? Is the ...
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Does calorie count on a can of beer account for calories in the alcohol?
I was having a discussion with a friend about the amount of calories in various kinds of beer, light beers and seltzers and he said that the calorie information in the nutrition section of the can ...
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Do "premium" liquors contain more sugar?
People tend to prefer the taste of "premium" liquors. How much of the taste difference is simply due to them having more sugar? Have there been studies on this?
(I've learned recently that ...
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Which chemical compound gives Heineken its sweet taste?
I don't know about everyone else, but I perceive Heineken as sweet (not quite Pepsi, but still)
I looked up its nutritional info, and it appears that Heineken has 0 sugars. There exist chemical ...
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Can wine be made from raisins?
What wine is made from raisins not grapes? What would be different in nutrients in wine made raisins vs grapes? How would the process differ?
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Does craft beer have more nutritional values than regular beer?
I was wondering if the craft beer has more nutritional values (vitamins and so on) than regular and cheap beer?
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What is the micronutritional value of stouts such as Guinness?
I can only find (on their website, and on other nutrition websites) the macronutrients of Guinness.
Can someone provide a specific breakdown of micronutrient information for Guinness, or another ...
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Which are the most caloric beers? Are there, say, visual criteria to identify them?
Is there a visual criterion to roughly estimate the order of calories a beer contains?
Specifically, I wonder if "the darker the beer, the more energetic value it has" holds [1]. Please, prove or ...
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What is the "nutritional calorie" count of beer? [closed]
Beer has a fairly high calorie count - roughly between 150 and 300kcal per serving of 0.5l depending on kind. A significant percent of that is alcohol though, which is fully metabolized without any ...
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