'Skinny Prosecco' With Half The Sugar Could Be Coming To A Supermarket Near You

Prosecco lovers rejoice because a healthier version of your favourite beverage could be about to hit supermarket shelves.

Skinny Prosecco, which contains half the amount of sugar than average prosecco, is currently available to buy in a select number of high-end stores such as Selfridges and Harvey Nichols.

But according to The Telegraph, the makers are now in talks with some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets to bring the bubbles to the mainstream.

Skinny Prosecco is made by Thomson & Scott Skinny and is the brainchild of CEO Amanda Thomson.

The drink contains around half the amount of sugar per litre as your average glass of prosecco.

While standard prosecco contains around 12-15g of sugar per litre, Skinny Prosecco contains just 7g per litre.

On the Thomson & Scott Skinny website, the CEO says she wants the next generation of wine lovers to know what’s in their bottle.

“My mission is to be completely open about what we’re drinking and cut sugar where it’s not needed,” she says.

“We’re not counting calories, but we share them for transparency. My mission is for us to drink better and cleaner.”

The drink, which has a recommended retail price of £17.99 per bottle, has proven to be incredibly popular so far.

After launching in April it soon became the best-selling wine on Selfridge’s website and recently became available at Zizzi restaurants.

If all goes to plan, the drink could be on supermarket shelves as early as next year.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Thomson said she’s not surprised health-conscious consumers are flocking to buy the product.

“We laughed when we were called the ‘basic bitch drink of the summer’ in the media but demand has been off the scale,” she said.

“It said something quite significant about the gap we’d discovered in the wine market.”

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It Can Boost Self Esteem(01 of07)

A new study from the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere in Finland found that moderate wine drinking can have a positive affect on our confidence.

The study of more than 2,500 people aged 18-69 found those who had a glass of wine or two with dinner were the most likely to have good mental health and rate their self esteem as "high". (credit:Christopher Malcolm via Getty Images)

It Can Give You A Healthy Heart(02 of07)

Resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grapes and red wine, has long been associated with cutting the risk of heart disease.

A 2015 study published in the journal Nature found that resveratrol may protect the body against age-related diseases, including heart disease, by prompting an evolutionary defence mechanism which guards human cells against genetic damage.

Study author Matthew Sajish commented: "Based on these results, it is conceivable that moderate consumption of a couple of glasses of red wine would give a person enough resveratrol to evoke a protective effect via this pathway." (credit:Neyya via Getty Images)

It Has Similar Benefits To Exercise(03 of07)

Research conducted by the University of Alberta suggested that a drinking a glass of red wine is the equivalent of spending an hour exercising in the gym.

The researchers found that resveratrol in red wine improved an individual's physical performance, heart function and muscle strength in the same way that they improved after a gym session.

"I think resveratrol could help patient populations who want to exercise but are physically incapable," lead researcher Jason Dyck said.

"Resveratrol could mimic exercise for them or improve the benefits of the modest amount of exercise that they can do." (credit:Thomas Barwick via Getty Images)

It Can Help You Lose Weight(04 of07)

A study from Washington State University found that resveratrol found in berries, grapes and other fruits in wine could aid weight loss.

According to the researchers, resveratrol has the ability to convert excess white fat into brown or beige fat, which is easier to burn off. (credit:Julia Davila-Lampe via Getty Images)

It Can Make You More Attractive(05 of07)

Forget everything you thought you knew about beer goggles. A study by the University of Bristol found that drinking one glass of wine can make you look more attractive - even if your date is sober.

The study noted that a small amount of alcohol may cause blood to rush to the cheeks, giving a rosy (and perhaps more attractive) complexion.

However, two glasses of wine was found to make participants less attractive than they were when sober - so moderation is key. (credit:Glow Images, Inc via Getty Images)

It May Help Fight Breast Cancer Risk(06 of07)

A 2011 study found that resveratrol found in red wine blocks the cancer-fuelling effects of the female hormone oestrogen.

Scientists in Italy used several lines of breast cancer cells, including some that were therapy resistant, to test the effects of the compound. They found that exposure to the chemical led to significant reductions in cell growth.

"Resveratrol is a potential pharmacological tool to be exploited when breast cancer becomes resistant to hormonal therapy," said study leader Dr Sebastanio Ando, from the University of Calabria. (credit:Purestock via Getty Images)

It Could Reduce Your Dementia Risk(07 of07)

A study at the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen found that people who drink wine weekly or monthly are two times less likely to develop dementia.

For the study, the researchers identified the drinking patterns for wine, beer and liquor of 1,709 people in Copenhagen in the 1970s and then assessed them for dementia in the 1990s, when they were age 65 or older.

Over the two decades, 83 of the participants developed dementia. Their alcohol intake was compared to that of those who did not develop dementia. (credit:Holger Leue via Getty Images)

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