Corona Extra
Mexico
Clear-bottle Mexican lager at 4.6% ABV. Retail labels list 148 calories and about 14g of carbohydrate per 12oz.
- Ingredients / botanicals
- water, malted barley, non-malted cereal adjunct, hops, lager yeast
- Congeners
- Low
- Histamines
- Low
- Polyphenols
- Very Low
- Sulfites
- Low
- Tannins
- Very Low
- Sugar
- Low
- Additives
- Low
- Calories
- 146
- Carbs
- 14g
12.9g ethanol at 4.6% ABV. 90 from alcohol, 56 from carbohydrate.
In its favor
- ✓Cold lager fermentation keeps biogenic amines low
- ✓Light hopping means a small polyphenol load
- ✓Moderate ABV
What to watch
- !Contains gluten from barley malt
- !Clear glass can give lightstruck, skunky aroma
- !Easy to drink in volume
Factor by factor
Congeners Low ▾
Byproducts of fermentation (methanol, acetaldehyde, fusel alcohols). Strongly linked to hangover severity; darker, less-distilled spirits carry more.
Histamines Low ▾
Produced by bacteria during fermentation/aging. Trigger flushing, headaches, congestion in sensitive drinkers. High in red wine, beer, aged spirits.
Polyphenols Very Low ▾
Plant compounds with antioxidant activity. Slightly protective at low doses but at high concentrations may worsen hangover via tannin/quercetin reactions.
Sulfites Low ▾
Preservatives (SO₂) added to wine and some beers. Common trigger of headaches, asthma, and allergic-type reactions.
Tannins Very Low ▾
Astringent polyphenols from skins, seeds, barrels. Bind proteins, slow alcohol clearance, and aggravate dehydration-style symptoms.
Sugar Low ▾
Residual sugar amplifies hangover via blood-sugar swings and dehydration. Liqueurs and cocktails are the main offenders.
Additives Low ▾
Colorants, flavorings, glycerin, propylene glycol, sorbates. Cheap spirits and ready-to-drinks often hide these in trade-secret formulas.
Corona Extra is the benchmark Mexican lager. Retail labels list 148 calories and about 14g of carbohydrate (13.9g in the brewer’s average analysis) per 12oz at 4.6% alcohol, which matches the site’s ethanol-plus-carbohydrate arithmetic to within a calorie or two.
Compared with Corona Premier (90 calories, 2.6g carbohydrate, 4.0% ABV) it carries about 58 more calories, most of it residual carbohydrate. No sugar figure is published on the label, so the nutrition table is left off this page.
Corona Extra questions
How many calories are in a bottle of Corona Extra? ▾
About 146 calories in a 12oz bottle at 4.6% ABV. 90 come from the alcohol and 56 from carbohydrate.
How many carbs are in Corona Extra? ▾
14g of carbohydrate per 12oz bottle. The producer does not publish a sugar figure, and in beer most of that carbohydrate is unfermented starch and dextrins rather than sugar.
Is Corona Extra gluten-free? ▾
No. Corona Extra is brewed from barley and never distilled, so the gluten stays in the glass. It is not safe for coeliacs; look for a beer brewed from sorghum, rice or millet instead.
Does Corona Extra give you a bad hangover? ▾
Corona Extra scores 4/10 on the SpiritFacts Hangover Index, against 6/10 for beer overall. It is low on every hangover factor we track, so most of the morning after comes down to how much ethanol you drink.