Zebra striping is a recent trend to socialise while having a beer, wine or spirit and alternating between alcohol and a no or low-alcohol drink.
It has been estimated that 25% of adults from the UK alternate alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks in a single session.
“We should not underestimate the importance of socialising responsibly with friends and family and the positive effects this has on our health”, says NZABC Executive Director Virginia Nicholls.
The IWSR 2024 international study across 10 countries shows that no and low-alcohol drinks market is experiencing a transformative period of growth driven by evolving consumer behaviours and the momentum of no-alcohol.
The growth in New Zealand of no and low-alcohol drinks is being driven by a trend to moderation and in recent years by NZ breweries, distilleries and winemakers who have invested in innovation to enhance their no/low beer, wine and spirits offerings, with greater choice and better flavour.
“Across the NZ adult population we are also continuing to see the rise of no and low-alcohol drinks,” says Nicholls.
“Independent consumer research found that 55% of respondents said they drank low-alcohol beverages in the past year (up from 40% in 2020).
“The most common reasons are because they were driving, tracking their beverage consumption, for health and wellbeing reasons and for a lower calorie drink.”
The recent release of the annual NZ Health survey provides information on New Zealander’s health and wellbeing shows that 83.4% of NZ adults (more than four out of five of us) are drinking beer, wine and spirits responsibly.
This is an increase of 4.7 percentage points over the past four years (78.7% 2019/20). Hazardous drinking or harmful alcohol consumption among adults over the past four years has declined to 16.6% (21.3% 2019/20).
The Stats NZ alcohol consumption per capita has also declined 30% since 1986.
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