Premium Malt Lager

Name: Premium Malt Lager
Brand: Heineken

87Clean

Contaminants · 1

From lab tests of this product’s family

Heineken Original Lager (US)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Glyphosate20.9 ppbof 160 ppb

13% of the limitEWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). EPA tolerance for glyphosate on oats is far higher at 30 ppm (30,000 ppb), 40 CFR 180.364.

Measured in: Heineken Original Lager Beer 6 Pack 12 fl oz Bottles

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is Heineken Premium Malt Lager healthy?

Heineken Premium Malt Lager scores 87/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Heineken Original Lager (US). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Heineken Premium Malt Lager?

Heineken Premium Malt Lager lists 3 ingredients, starting with Water, Malted Barley and Hops Strobiles Extract. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Heineken Premium Malt Lager contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Heineken Premium Malt Lager’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Heineken Premium Malt Lager?

Heineken Premium Malt Lager is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Heineken Premium Malt Lager compare to other alcoholic beverages?

At 87/100 Heineken Premium Malt Lager sits in our top band, among the better alcoholic beverages we have scored. A higher-scoring option in alcoholic beverages is Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc White Wine at 100/100.

Is Heineken Premium Malt Lager organic?

Heineken Premium Malt Lager is not certified organic in our data.

Has Heineken Premium Malt Lager been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Water, malted barley, hops/hop extract; lager in bottles, cans and kegs; no flavors.) with the other products in its family, Heineken Original Lager (US), and 9 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Heineken Premium Malt Lager contain glyphosate?

Heineken Premium Malt Lager itself has not been tested for glyphosate, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected glyphosate at 20.9 ppb against a 160 ppb limit in Heineken Original Lager Beer 6 Pack 12 fl oz Bottles. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.