Alcohol - Know your units
The NHS recommends that:
• Men should not regularly drink more than
three to four units of alcohol per day.
• Women should not regularly drink more than
two to three units of alcohol per day.
The table below gives you the units in the most popular alcoholic drinks. These are the average – the strength of drinks vary by brand. Also, check the brand label, it may already give the alcohol unit content.
Also, you can work out how many units are in your drink using this simple calculation.
(The calculator on your mobile phone will be handy for this.)
Alcohol (%) x Volume (ml) ÷ 1000 = Number of units
Example for a 25ml measure of vodka:
37.5 (%) x 25 (ml) ÷ 1000 = 0.9 Unit
25ml of gin/rum/vodka
(alc 37.5% vol) |
0.9 unit |
330ml bottle of premium strength lager/beer
(alc 5% vol) |
2 units |
568ml (1 pint) of premium strength lager/beer
(alc 5% vol) |
3 units |
568ml (1 pint) of standard strength lager/beer
(alc 4% vol) |
2.3 units |
568ml (1 pint) of ordinary strength cider
(alc 6% vol) |
3.4 units |
700ml bottle of whisky
(alc 40% vol) |
28 units |
275ml bottle alcopop
(alc 5% vol) |
1.4 units |
175ml glass of standard wine
(alc 12% vol) |
2.1 units |
750ml bottle of standard wine
(alc 12% vol) |
9 units |
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