Dive Summary:
- As AB InBev faces lawsuits over allegations that it waters down its beer, CNN conducted an independent study measuring the alcohol content of several Budweiser products.
- The results found that each beer was advertised as having more alcohol than it did in fact contain, however the margins were so low that they were well within the legal guidelines.
- Such results may get the lawsuit thrown out, but it is unclear what they might do to Budweiser's public image.
From the article:
The small-scale tests carried out by San Diego-based White Labs on behalf of CNN show that one bottle of Budweiser had an alcohol content of just 4.94%.
For a bottle of Bud Light, the label showed 4.2%, while the test result was 4.14%; for Bud Light Lime the
respective levels were 4.2% and 4.13%, while Bud Ice clocked 5.5% and 5.35%. ...