Daily Archives: February 4, 2009

Drinking measured in doughnuts: New widget shows cocktail calorie consumption

by Katie Elfering
WHAT’S HAPPENING

It’s hard for consumers to understand how many calories are in a typical cocktail, especially after they’ve had a few. The “Alcohol Experiment,” a widget from the BBC and Radio-1, provides some context (BuzzFeed.com 12.08).
Drinkers input the amount of beer, wine, spirits and mixers they drank and the widget calculates the calories. [...]