How many calories in mulled wine
A mug of mulled wine has about 200 kcal, from the wine and the added sugar.
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To burn it off
Mulled wine is red wine heated with spices, orange and plenty of sugar. The sugar is why it's higher than a normal glass of red.
A mug is about 200 kcal with 20 g of carbs. Two at the Christmas market is 400.
Add a shot of brandy or rum and it goes up again. And then there's the bratwurst stand next door.
Tips
- 1Make your own at home with less sugar, the spices do most of the work.
- 2Have one mug, then a hot apple juice or a coffee.
- 3Skip the extra shot of rum or brandy.
Where it comes from
People have warmed and spiced wine for a very long time. The Romans already flavoured wine with honey and spices, and in medieval Europe a sweet spiced wine called hippocras, made with long pepper, ginger and cinnamon, was drunk partly as medicine. Its name probably points to the Greek doctor Hippocrates. The German name Glühwein simply means glow wine.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Atlas Obscura, Gastro Obscura: Long Pepper (hippocras)
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Questions
Is mulled wine higher than normal wine?
Yes. A mug is about 200 kcal and a standard glass of wine about 125, mostly because of the sugar.
How many calories in two mugs of mulled wine?
About 400 kcal.
Does heating it burn off the alcohol?
Only a little. Most of the alcohol is still there if it's just warmed up.
Do the spices in mulled wine add calories?
Next to none. Cinnamon, cloves and star anise add the flavour, the calories come from the wine and the sugar or honey stirred in.
Is mulled wine made with honey lower than with sugar?
About the same, or a touch more. A tablespoon of honey is around 60 kcal, a tablespoon of sugar about 50.
