How much sugar in ginger beer?

Add sugar, lemon juice, yeast, and a pinch of salt. Fill bottle with water, leaving about 1 1/2 inches of space at top. Remove funnel and screw cap on tightly. Gently shake bottle to dissolve sugar. Let stand at room temperature until plastic feels hard and no longer indents when squeezed, 24 to 36 hours. Chill ginger beer until very cold. read more

The UK’s most popular brand of ginger beer has more than 13 teaspoons of sugar in a single can, according to research published today. Old Jamaica Ginger Beer, which has been sold in the UK since 1988, was found to contain 52.8g of sugar in a standard 330ml can. read more

The worst offenders are ginger beers, such as Old Jamaica ginger beer and Jammin sparkling ginger beer flavour drink, which have the equivalent of 13 teaspoons of sugar per 330ml serving. Waitrose, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s ginger beers have 11. read more