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    Posted: 13 December 2009 at 9:20pm
I'm sure this has been asked before, but is alcohol-free wine ok to drink?? I would love some to have on Christmas day and was thinking about getting some Fre Wine but DH is unsure as it has 0.5% alcohol. Surely a glass or two would be ok though?? Anyone had this and does it taste ok??

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Just posted in the may thread ;)
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I had sparkling grapefruit juice or appletise.

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depends on your view on it i guess..for me it wouldnt be ok.. but then i dont think its a big deal to go without alcohol for 9 months
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Yes there is alcohol free wine but I have to say that I found there was something not quite the same about it taste wise. I had the same reaction to sparkling grape juice as well and I ended up just having soft drinks.

Mind you at Christmas last year I had the odd taste from DH's glass - maybe one or two sips at the most.

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Fre and similar alcohol removed wines have less than 0.5% alcohol. This is a similar level to that which occurs naturally in fruit juices. So yes, it is safe to drink during pregnancy.

I have tried Fre, however I prefer Edenvale and always take a bottle to BBQs, dinner parties etc.

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Does anyone know about bitters? I love lemon lime and bitters, but someone told me the bitters was alcoholic?

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Yes. bitters is 44.7% alcohol. I can't comment on how safe it is but my guess would be that it's fine as you only use a splash. It has a food classification, not an alcohol classification so I'd assume that if it was dangerous, it would be on the MOH "unsafe" list for pregnancy.
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Ok now I am freaking out!! I've drunk quite a few Bundaberg bottles (the small ones not the 1L ones) of the stuff!

I was told lemon, lime and bitters wasn't alcoholic!! Wikipedia says its a "mocktail", very low alcohol content and budaberg website says its a soft drink
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I wouldn't worry about it. Because you use so very little of the bitters, it's classed as a non alcoholic beverage. You'd probably have to down about 50 in a row before it had any effect on you (or your baby).
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I had some Fre recently and it tasted nothing like wine, in my opinion, so I viewed it as a complete waste of money. I stick with sparkling grape juices and will look forward to a proper glass of a really good wine sometime in the post-breastfeeding future! (and I know lots of people drink wine while BFing but I'm choosing not to).

I don't think there is any alcohol in Bundaberg and similar ready made lemon lime and bitters drinks (I could be wrong), but yes, the bitters you use to make them yourself is alcoholic, but you use a very tiny amount.
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Yeah, I'm with you, Gardengirl. Fre doesn't taste like wine at all. Try Edenvale instead.
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The bottled lemon, lime and bitters is fine cause I'm pretty sure the 'bitters' isn't actual bitters. Just something else that gives the same taste.
I personally wouldn't have lemon, lime and bitters that is made fresh at a bar as bitters is very alcoholic. It does depend how it is made. Some bars do it completely wrong and pour some bittes in the glass then add the lemon and lime. This is not the correct way to do it. It is meant to be aromatic only. Therefore it should be put in the glass whilst full of ice, swirled around then tipped straight out. Add new ice, then lemonade and lime. So you only end up getting the smallest amount of bitters in the glass.
I personally would still stay away from any alcohol tho. Even the tiniest amount. It's only 9 months of my life. I don't even want to have anything that resembles alocohol, I just don't feel the need to. I'll stick to OJ I think But that's just me
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I just checked out the Edenvale site Treen - will give that a go if the local Woolworths has some. Thanks
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*breathes a sigh of relief* ok thats good to know!
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