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Standard Drink Tool

Learn how many standard drinks are contained in common glasses.

Standard Drink Tool

Do you know what a standard drink looks like?

Pour a standard drink

In Australia, a standard drink is any drink containing 10 grams of alcohol.

If you want to know how many standard drinks you’re drinking, check the label. By law, it must show the approximate number of standard drinks contained.

But in real life, knowing exactly what constitutes a ‘standard’ drink is difficult.

Different types of alcoholic beverages contain different amounts of alcohol. A glass of alcohol may contain more than one standard drink, depending on the size of the glass and the type of alcohol.

It is important to understand what a standard drink is so that when you are drinking you can manage how much alcohol you consume.

When it comes to cancer risk, there is no safe level of drinking. Reduce your drinking to reduce your risk.

If you do drink, keeping track of standard drinks can help you stick to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)  guidelines:

Drink no more than 10 standard drinks in a week to reduce your risk of cancer and other serious diseases. Drink no more than four standard drinks on any one day to reduce your risk of injury.

Use this tool to see if you can correctly pour a  standard drink.

 
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*This interactive is to be used as a guide only. Some variation may occur in alcohol content by brands/type.

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