'Skinny' prosecco will make you feel virtuous while drinking fizz
LONDON -- Britain is having a passionate love affair with prosecco. But, as we all know, too much of a good thing isn't always good for you. Thankfully, someone's come up with a solution.
Thomson & Scott has teamed up with department store Selfridges to introduce "Skinny" prosecco, a lower-calorie, lower-sugar version of the tipple.
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Prosecco contains on average between 12 and 17 grams of sugar per litre, with some varieties containing as much as 32 grams per litre. "Skinny" prosecco contains seven grams of sugar per litre and 67 calories per glass.
The prosecco is organic, and hails from Soligo in Italy's Treviso province.
According to Selfridges, the lower sugar version of the drink is launching in response to health-conscious millennials' demand for healthier alternatives.
"Skinny" prosecco will be launching at Selfridges priced at £17.99 a bottle.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
