Nowadays you can't go past an item of food or drink that won't have
nutritional information somewhere on its packaging. I think the only
exception to this is alcoholic beverages.

My first question is why? My second question is on average how many grams of
sugar (refined, processed, raw or otherwise) would you find in 12oz can of
beer?

"Proman" > wrote in message
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> Nowadays you can't go past an item of food or drink that won't have
> nutritional information somewhere on its packaging. I think the only
> exception to this is alcoholic beverages.

Many beers list ingredients. They usually consist of water, barley, hops,
yeast. Some will have other things to put on the label, usually corn or
rice.

> My first question is why?

At least in the States, the regulatory authorities are loath to treat any
alcoholic beverages as a food product. Which means they aren't going to
require the same things of alcohol that they require of food.

> My second question is on average how many grams of sugar (refined,
> processed, raw or otherwise) would you find in 12oz can of beer?

For most, zero or pretty close to it, if by "sugar" you mean the simple
sugars that usually get identified by that term on nutrition labels (sugars
like sucrose, fructose, etc.). Simple sugars get digested by yeast and
turned to alcohol. There are complex sugars that yeast can't digest, and
that your body has to break down to digest, in much the same way it has to
break down more complex carbohydrates. In that case, the residual carbs in
beer are going to vary widely based on the style of beer, attenuation, and a
whole lot of other factors.

-Steve