Lowest calorie hard seltzer and canned drinks
Hard seltzer was built to be the 100-calorie can, and most of them are: the alcohol in a 5% can is about 98 calories on its own, and a gram or two of sugar adds the rest. The canned drinks that break that pattern are the sweet ones, spiked lemonade and malt iced tea, which can carry twice the calories of a seltzer.
The lowest calorie cans here are Nutrl Vodka Seltzer (88), Loverboy Sparkling Hard Tea (90), High Noon Vodka Seltzer (96) calories per 12oz. Most seltzers sit between 88 and 100; the sweet canned drinks run much higher, up to Twisted Tea Original at 202.
All 12 cans, lowest calories first
- 1 Nutrl Vodka Seltzer 4.5% · 12oz can 88 98
- 2 Loverboy Sparkling Hard Tea 4.2% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 90 107
- 3 High Noon Vodka Seltzer 4.5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 96 107
- 4 Sun Cruiser Iced Tea & Vodka 4.5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 96 107
- 5 Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka 4.5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 96 107
- 6 Topo Chico Hard Seltzer 4.7% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 100 106
- 7 Truly Hard Seltzer 5% · 12oz can · 1g carbs 102 102
- 8 Happy Dad Hard Seltzer 5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 106 106
- 9 Vizzy Hard Seltzer 5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 106 106
- 10 White Claw Hard Seltzer 5% · 12oz can · 2g carbs 106 106
- 11 Simply Spiked Lemonade 5% · 12oz can · 19g carbs 174 174
- 12 Twisted Tea Original 5% · 12oz can · 25.9g carbs 202 202
Calories per serving use a standard pour: 1.5oz for spirits and liqueurs, 12oz for beer and cans. Per standard drink scales each one to 14g of alcohol, the US standard drink, so a shot and a beer can be compared directly. Drinks whose producers publish no sugar or carbohydrate figure are not ranked.
FAQ
What is the lowest calorie hard seltzer? ▾
The lowest calorie cans here are Nutrl Vodka Seltzer (88), Loverboy Sparkling Hard Tea (90), High Noon Vodka Seltzer (96) calories per 12oz. Most seltzers sit between 88 and 100; the sweet canned drinks run much higher, up to Twisted Tea Original at 202.
Do hard seltzers have sugar? ▾
A little. The seltzers here carry 0g to 2g per can. Sweet canned drinks are a different category: Twisted Tea Original carries 23.3g.
Is hard seltzer lower in calories than light beer? ▾
About the same. A 5% seltzer is around 100 calories, and the light beers on the lowest calorie beer list run 89 to 110. Seltzer has less carbohydrate, light beer usually a little less alcohol.
What alcohol is in hard seltzer? ▾
Usually fermented cane sugar (White Claw, Truly) or vodka (High Noon, Nutrl, Sun Cruiser), and some brands do not say. Malt-based cans like Twisted Tea and Smirnoff Ice are brewed like beer and carry more carbohydrate.