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Calculate your units and calories across the week. Our Unit and Calorie Calculator will work out the number of alcohol units and calories you consume so you can better understand how much you're drinking.
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The Alcohol Unit Calculator allows you to calculate the number of units in any alcoholic drink in any size drinking vessel. Simply enter the alcohol percentage of the drink and the vessel volume in millilitres (ml). A selection of common measures is shown for ease of use.
The calculator will show you the calories you consume per week from alcohol beverages. It's important to lose weight slowly, at a rate of about 1/2 to 2 pounds a week. To lose 1 pound a week, you need to consume 500 fewer calories a day than your body burns.
Use the unit calculator to find out how many units are in a particular drink, or to check how much you're drinking.
For those not that keen on formulas, please use the alcohol unit calculator below, which will do the math for you. Alternatively, take the Alcohol Test, where you can calculate the amount of units and calories you drink in a typical day AND see how risky your drinking is.
How many calories are there in alcohol? Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram, which is almost as much as fat (9 calories per gram). ... 2019, found that 63% of men and 52% of women had drunk alcohol in the last week, and 21% of adults drunk more than 14 units per week. The proportion of men and women drinking was shown to increase with age ...
One gram of alcohol provides seven calories (7kcal), compared with 9kcal per gram for fat, and 4kcal per gram for carbohydrate and protein. One unit of alcohol contains eight grams or 10ml of alcohol, which provides 56kcal. However, other ingredients in alcoholic drinks, such a sugar, cream and fruit juice, can add more calories.
