Editing Low-alcohol beer (section)

===Light beer===
[[Light beer]]s are beers with reduced [[Food energy|caloric content]] compared to regular beer, and typically also have a lower alcoholic content, depending on the brand and where they are sold. The spelling "lite beer" is also commonly used. Light beers are manufactured by reducing the [[carbohydrate]] content, and secondarily by reducing the alcohol content, since both carbohydrates and alcohol contribute to the caloric content of beer.<ref name="beer-advocate-criticism">{{cite web| url=http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/248/| title=Light Beers| access-date=13 December 2006| date=3 October 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624041532/http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/248 |archive-date=24 June 2006| publisher=BeerAdvocate.com, Inc.}}</ref>

Light beers are marketed primarily to drinkers who wish to manage their calorie intake. However, these beers are sometimes criticized for being less flavorful than full-strength beers, being "watered down" (whether in perception or in fact), and thus advertising campaigns for light beers generally advertise their retention of flavor.<ref name="beer-advocate-criticism"/>

In Australia, regular beers have approximately 4%-5% ABV, while reduced-alcohol beers have 2.2%–3.2%.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bucher|first1=Tamara|last2=Deroover|first2=Kristine|last3=Stockley|first3=Creina |date=1 November 2018|title=Low-Alcohol Wine: A Narrative Review on Consumer Perception and Behaviour|journal=Beverages|volume=4|issue=4|pages=82|doi=10.3390/beverages4040082|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In Canada, regular beers typically have 5% ABV, while a reduced-alcohol beer contains 2.6%–4.0% ABV and an "extra-light" beer contains less than 2.5%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brewers.ca/default_e.asp?id=19 |title=Brewers Association of Canada: A Field Guide to Canadian Beer |access-date=8 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528134310/http://www.brewers.ca/default_e.asp?id=19}}</ref>

In the United States, most mass-market light beer brands, including [[Bud Light]], [[Coors Light]], and [[Miller Lite]], have 4.2% ABV, less than ordinary beers from the same makers which are 5% ABV.<ref name="beer-advocate-criticism"/>

In Sweden, low alcohol beer is either 2.2%, 2.8% or 3.5%, and can be purchased in an ordinary supermarket whereas normal strength beers of above 3.5% must be purchased at ''[[Systembolaget]]''. Beer containing 2.8-3.5% ABV (called Folköl or "Peoples' Beer") may be legally sold in any convenience store to people over 18 years of age, whereas stronger beer may only be sold in state-run liquor stores to people older than 20. In addition, businesses selling food for on-premises consumption do not need an alcohol license to serve 3.5% beer. Virtually all major Swedish brewers, and several international ones, in addition to their full-strength beer, make 3.5% folköl versions as well. Beer below or equaling 2.25% ABV (''lättöl'') is not legally subject to age restrictions;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lagen.nu/2010:1622|title=Alkohollag (2010:1622) &#124; Lagen.nu|website=lagen.nu}}</ref> however, some stores voluntarily opt out from selling it to minors anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article11445584.ab|title=30-åring med pappa nekades lättöl|work=Aftonbladet|date=24 June 2008 }}</ref>