Tonic water, a carbonated soft drink known for its distinctive bitter taste, is a cocktail essential. However, if you're watching your calorie intake, it's worth knowing that tonic water often contains added sugars. This article breaks down the caloric content of tonic water, compares regular vs. diet tonic water, and explores its nutritional profile.
Tonic Water: An Overview
Tonic water is a carbonated soft drink with a unique, slightly bitter taste, thanks to quinine-a compound originally used to treat malaria. Most tonic waters contain sugar or some variation of sugar, unless they are diet tonic waters that contain artificial sweeteners.
Regular Tonic Water: Calorie and Nutritional Content
A standard 12-ounce (355ml) serving of regular tonic water contains around 124 calories, primarily from sugar. Tonic water’s nutritional profile is simple: mostly carbonated water, sugar (or sweeteners), and quinine. It doesn’t provide significant nutrients like protein or fat. Generally, most mass-produced commercial tonic waters contain upwards of 10g of sugar/100ml.
Diet Tonic Water: A Zero-Calorie Alternative?
Diet tonic water generally refers to tonic water that is zero calorie and contains artificial sweeteners.
Nutritional Information for Great Value Diet Tonic Water
240 ml of Great Value diet tonic water contains 5 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is NaN% carbs, NaN% fat, and NaN% protein.
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Here's a detailed breakdown:
- Fats: 0g (0% Daily Value)
- Saturated fats: 0g (0% DV)
- Trans fats: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg (0% DV)
- Sodium: 25mg (1% DV)
- Carbs: 0g (0% DV)
- Net carbs: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugar: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Potassium: 150mg (3% DV)
- Vitamin C: 0mg (0% DV)
- Calcium: 0mg (0% DV)
- Iron: -
- Vitamin D: -
- Folate (B9): 0μg (0% DV)
Nutritional Information for VINTAGE Diet Tonic Water
Diet tonic water by VINTAGE contains 0 g of fat, 0 g of protein and 0 g of carbohydrate. The latter is 0 g sugar and g of dietary fiber, the rest is complex carbohydrate. Diet tonic water by VINTAGE contains g of saturated fat and mg of cholesterol per serving. 360 g of Diet tonic water by VINTAGE contains 299 mg of potassium. Diet tonic water by VINTAGE belong to 'Water' food category.
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- Recommended daily intake of essential amino acids is provided for 180 lbs person. Actual daily nutrient requirements might be different based on your age, gender, level of physical activity, medical history and other factors.
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Diet Tonic vs. Light Tonic
With the prevalence of new-age gins containing complex and eclectic botanicals, Light Tonic water is becoming increasingly popular as it provides more room for the gin to be gin. Our approach to sugar has always been to create a well-balanced drink that ultimately works well once mixed with alcohol.
Tonic Water and Weight Management
Tonic water doesn’t have to be a calorie trap! When choosing a tonic water, reading the nutrition label is key. For example, a standard gin and tonic (using regular tonic water) can exceed 200 calories per glass.
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