MANY of us are planning a booze-free January to recover from recent festivities when it’s easy to over-indulge.
If that’s you, there are plenty of alcohol-free variations of popular alcoholic tipples on supermarket shelves.
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From gin and lemonade to passion fruit martinis, you can get booze-free versions of many favourites these days.
We tried several options from big-name brands to see which ones are worth buying this dry January.
We gave them a score out of 10 for taste and a score out of 10 for value for money.
Funkin Nitro Cocktails No Alcohol Passion Fruit Martini
- £2 can for 200ml at Morrisons
- 94calories
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Funkin has become a well-known brand for full-alcohol cocktails-in-cans, but how would their 0% vol tinnies fair?
A passion fruit martini is my go-to and I was impressed with how similar this tastes – it was difficult to tell the difference between the real thing.
It was slightly too sweet for me, but had a nice smooth texture to it.
The only drawback is this was more expensive than other cans I tried at £2 each in Morrisons, plus it was a smaller can compared to the others.
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- Taste: 8/10
- Value: 6/10
- Total: 15/20
J2O Mocktails White Peach & Mango Daiquiri 250ml
- £1.10 for 250ml can at Sainsbury’s (with Nectar)
- 45calories
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J2o is a popular brand for soft drinks and there are several tinnies in its range – I gave the daquiri a go.
It’s apple, white peach, mango and lime flavoured.
As soon as I opened the can the smell was the first thing I noticed, it tasted more like a juice than a classic cocktail mix.
It was very sweet and lacked the peach promised, as the mango was quite overpowering.
- Taste: 7/10
- Value: 8/10
- Total: 15/20
Belvoir Non-Alcoholic Lime & Yuzu Mojito
- £1.49 for a 250ml can at Good Food Company
- 83calories
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The Belvoir Farm 0% alcohol cocktails looked the fanciest of all the one I tried so I had high hopes.
The classic mint taste was immediately noticeable.
It actually tasted better than a regular mojito, likely down to the addition of the lime and yuzu.
I found it was sweet but also refreshing, a worthy alternative to the real deal.
- Taste: 10/10
- Value: 7/10
- Total: 17/20
Kopparberg Gin Strawberry & Lime Alcohol Free
- £1.10 for a 250ml can at Morrisons
- 83calories
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This Kopparberg can tasted the least like a cocktail.
Instead, it was more like a flavoured lemonade. Not a bad thing, but not really an alternative to a true gin and lemonade.
The addition of the lime with the strawberry was a nice combination and reminded me of the Kopparberg ciders.
It was also the cheapest one I tried (not including loyalty prices) which is a bonus.
- Taste: 7/10
- Value: 9/10
- Total: 16/20
Belvoir Non-Alcoholic Peach Bellini
- £1.45 for 250ml can at Good Food Company
- 78calories
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This can tasted the most natural of them all, like it was packed full of fruit.
It’s made with a blend of real peach and grape juices and was really refreshing.
I didn’t feel it resembled an alcoholic peach bellini that closely though, it was more like a flavoured juice drink than a mocktail.
- Taste: 9/10
- Value: 7/10
- Total: 16/20
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