If you find yourself complaining often that there’s not enough alcohol in your drink, just be glad you don’t live in the U.K.
Scientists surveyed 75 countries around the world to determine how much booze fits within each respective country’s definition of a ‘standard’ drink. They found that only 37 of those countries even bothered to identify what quantifies a ‘standard’ drink, and that those definitions vary considerably.
Drinks in Iceland, for example, only contain roughly eight grams of ethanol based on governmental definitions and consumption guidelines. Austrians, meanwhile, are more Gung-ho in their pouring – the average Austrian drink contains roughly 20 grams of ethanol.
Canadians can be reasonably happy with their ratio, placing 7th on the list of 37 countries with 13.6 of ethanol per dink.
Another interesting consideration is what governments consider to be “low-risk consumption.” In more conservative countries, low-risk consumption means drinking no more than 10 g of pure ethanol per day for women, and 20 g for men. Not so in Chile, where you can drink 56 g – four ‘standard’ drinks – per day and still be a low-risk drinker.
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