3 Steps To a Healthy Cocktail

Our top three tips to reduce the kilojoule content of your cocktails:

1. Choose cocktails with only one standard measure of alcohol per serve

A higher alcohol content not only increases your kilojoule intake (spirits such as schnapps and rum pack around 410 kJ per 30 ml), but also makes it difficult to keep track of how much you’re consuming. Drinking too much may reduce inhibitions so you choose more potent cocktails (and high-kilojoule foods) later.

2. Use low-joule or diet mixers rather than regular soft drinks.

3. Use lite evaporated milk or coconut-flavoured milk in place of cream or coconut milk.

Making a pina colada this way can reduce its kilojoule content from 950 kJ and 12.5 g of fat per serve to only 670 kJ and 1.5 g of fat.

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