Production, Consumption, and Potential Public Health Impact of Low- and No-Alcohol Products: Results of a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Switching from higher strength to low- and no-alcohol products could result in consumers buying and drinking fewer grams of ethanol. We undertook a scoping review with systematic searches of English language publications between 1 January 2010 and 17 January 2021 using PubMed and Web of Science, covering production, consumption, and policy drivers related to low- and no-alcohol products. Seventy publications were included in our review. We found no publications comparing a life cycle assessment of health and environmental impacts between alcohol-free and regular-strength products. Three publications of low- and no-alcohol beers found only limited penetration of sales compared with higher strength beers. Two publications from only one jurisdiction (Great Britain) suggested that sales of no-

SUBMITTER: Anderson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8466998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature