Month: October 2013

Bud Light is America’s best-selling beer with a revenue of almost 6 billion USD. I don’t know if this beer has been tested previously but I can imagine that many people would like to know what level of gluten Bud Light contains. Here is my test result.

Beer: Bud Light
Producer: Anheuser-Busch
Originating country: USA
Brewing location: USA
Bottle size: 16 oz (approx. 470 ml)
Alcohol by volume: 4.2%
Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops, yeast, rice
Miscellaneous:  Ingredients listed in German as product sold in Germany

Test Kit: GlutenTox Home Kit

I tested with a threshold of 5 ppm. The limit of detection depends on the number of drops taken from the extraction solution, please find some more information here.

Test result: The test is negative. In this test Bud Light has less than 5 ppm gluten (or even no gluten). However, it is not a medical advice – please see my facts page.

This is my second Oktoberfest beer test. This special Hofbrau beer has been tested with a very low gluten level previously and here comes my test result.

Beer: Hofbrau Oktoberfest
Producer: Hofbrau Munich
Originating country: Germany
Brewing location: Germany
Bottle size: 0.5 l
Alcohol by volume: 6.3%
Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops (translated from German)
Miscellaneous:  Only available during Oktoberfest times in Germany. Brewery owned by the Bavarian state government – isn’t that cool? A brewery run by the government 🙂

Test Kit: GlutenTox Home Kit

I tested with a threshold of 5 ppm. The limit of detection depends on the number of drops taken from the extraction solution, please find some more information here.

Test result: A clearly visible red line appears on the right of the test stick ( T ) which indicates the presence of gluten equal to or above 5 ppm (most likely above because of the past results). The red line is quite weak (even weaker than in the Lowenbrau Gluten Test) but still clearly visible. Even though this test is positive please note it is not a medical advice – see my facts page.

Here is my first Oktoberfest beer test as announced a few days ago. This Lowenbrau (or Löwenbräu with mutated vowels) beer has been tested with very low gluten in the past and here is the result of my test.

Beer: Lowenbrau Oktoberfest
Producer: Lowenbrau
Originating country: Germany
Brewing location: Germany
Bottle size: 0.5 l
Alcohol by volume: 6.1%
Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops, hops extract (translated from German)
Miscellaneous:  Only available during Oktoberfest times in Germany

Test Kit: GlutenTox Home Kit

I tested with a threshold of 5 ppm. The limit of detection depends on the number of drops taken from the extraction solution, please find some more information here.

Test result: A clearly visible red line appears on the right of the test stick ( T ) which indicates the presence of gluten equal to or above 5 ppm (most likely above because of the past results). The red line is not bright but clearly visible. Even though this test is positive please note it is not a medical advice – see my facts page.