TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-alcoholic beer in the European Union and UK: Availability and apparent consumption
AU - Kokole, D.
AU - Llopis, E.J.
AU - Anderson, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (previously Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency) acting under the mandate from the European Commission specifically by the project AlHaMBRA (EU Health Programme 2014–2020 under a service contract 2019 71 05). The information and views presented are those of the authors and hence represent their sole responsibility. Accordingly, the information and views presented cannot be considered to reflect the views of all AlHaMBRA Project consortium members, the European Commission and/or the Health and Digital Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The European Commission and the Agency do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (previously Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency) acting under the mandate from the European Commission specifically by the project AlHaMBRA (EU Health Programme 2014–2020 under a service contract 2019 71 05). The information and views presented are those of the authors and hence represent their sole responsibility. Accordingly, the information and views presented cannot be considered to reflect the views of all AlHaMBRA Project consortium members, the European Commission and/or the Health and Digital Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The European Commission and the Agency do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Introduction Market research indicates an increasing interest in low- and no-alcohol drinks in Europe, but there is no systematic overview of their availability and consumption. In this article, we present data on the availability and apparent consumption of non-alcoholic beer in the European Union and the UK. Methods We use Sold production, exports and imports by PRODCOM list (NACE Rev. 2) dataset, available in Eurostat, to extract the available data on sold production, exports and imports of non-alcoholic beer in the EU-27 (total and country-level) and the UK between 2013 and 2019, and additionally calculate the apparent consumption. Results Between 2013 and 2019, the sold production volume in the EU increased from 0.59 to 1.38 billion litres, the value from 0.42 to 1.28 billion EUR and value per litre from 0.72 to 0.93 EUR/L. In 2019, the share of non-alcoholic beer represented 3.8% of all beer volume and 4.1% of all beer value produced. Five countries accounted for 80.8% of sold production volume: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland and Czechia. The Netherlands and Germany were the largest exporters, while importing was distributed more equally. Per capita, average apparent consumption (2017-2019) was highest in Czechia, followed by the Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg and Germany. Discussion and Conclusions Our results show the increasing availability of non-alcoholic beer in the EU-27, although overall changes seem to be driven by a small number of countries. More research is needed at the country-level on no- and low-alcohol consumption trends and drivers, and their impact on alcohol-related harm reduction.
AB - Introduction Market research indicates an increasing interest in low- and no-alcohol drinks in Europe, but there is no systematic overview of their availability and consumption. In this article, we present data on the availability and apparent consumption of non-alcoholic beer in the European Union and the UK. Methods We use Sold production, exports and imports by PRODCOM list (NACE Rev. 2) dataset, available in Eurostat, to extract the available data on sold production, exports and imports of non-alcoholic beer in the EU-27 (total and country-level) and the UK between 2013 and 2019, and additionally calculate the apparent consumption. Results Between 2013 and 2019, the sold production volume in the EU increased from 0.59 to 1.38 billion litres, the value from 0.42 to 1.28 billion EUR and value per litre from 0.72 to 0.93 EUR/L. In 2019, the share of non-alcoholic beer represented 3.8% of all beer volume and 4.1% of all beer value produced. Five countries accounted for 80.8% of sold production volume: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland and Czechia. The Netherlands and Germany were the largest exporters, while importing was distributed more equally. Per capita, average apparent consumption (2017-2019) was highest in Czechia, followed by the Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg and Germany. Discussion and Conclusions Our results show the increasing availability of non-alcoholic beer in the EU-27, although overall changes seem to be driven by a small number of countries. More research is needed at the country-level on no- and low-alcohol consumption trends and drivers, and their impact on alcohol-related harm reduction.
KW - alcohol policy
KW - non-alcoholic beer
KW - PRODCOM
KW - public health
KW - European Union
U2 - 10.1111/dar.13429
DO - 10.1111/dar.13429
M3 - Article
C2 - 34957634
SN - 0959-5236
VL - 41
SP - 550
EP - 560
JO - Drug and Alcohol Review
JF - Drug and Alcohol Review
IS - 3
ER -