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09th Jan 2019

Love a glass of red? It may have more sugar and calories in it than you think

Olivia Hayes

We all have a usual.

Whenever we go out to the bar or out for dinner, we have a go-to drink. It may be wine for a meal and a G&T for a night out, but either way, we always go back to the ‘ol reliable.

However, now that we know how many calories are in each drink, we might have to change things up a bit.

Going from the least amount of calories to the highest, here are bar orders ranked by their calorific content:

1. Vodka soda lime – 0g sugar/96 calories

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2. Glass of Merlot – 0.5 grams of sugar/290 calories

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3. Glass of Prosecco – 1g of sugar/80 calories

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4. Glass of Pinot Grigio – 1.5 grams of sugar/188 calories

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5. Glass of Extra Brut Champagne – 2g of sugar/91 calories

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6. Glass of white Zinfandal – 8g of sugar/340 calories

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7. Mulled wine – 13g of sugar/200 calories

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8. Gin and slimline tonic – 14g sugar/56 calories

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9. Gin and regular tonic – 18g of sugar/12o calories

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10. Baileys – 2og of sugar/327 calories

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11. Rum and coke – 27.5g of sugar/150 calories

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12. Glass of regular Champagne – 28g of sugar/95 calories

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13. Vodka and cranberry juice – 3og of sugar/170 calories

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