Product check · Grupo Modelo (imported by Constellation Brands in the US)
Is Grupo Modelo Corona Extra low FODMAP?
FODMAP score
26
Low FODMAP
Yes — one 12-ounce Corona Extra is a reasonable order for a sensitive gut. It's a Mexican lager brewed from water, barley malt, non-malted cereals (corn), hops, and yeast at 4.6% ABV. At about 13.9 grams of carbs per bottle it carries more residual carbohydrate than a light lager, but most of that is non-fermentable leftovers rather than intact fructans — the yeast eats the bulk of the fermentable sugars during brewing, and the corn adjunct is a low-FODMAP grain to begin with. The customary lime wedge is not a problem either: a wedge-sized amount of lime is a low-FODMAP garnish, so squeeze away. What deserves more respect than the recipe is the format — Coronas tend to arrive in buckets, and three or four bottles multiply both the carb load and the alcohol, which is a gut irritant on its own, capable of speeding motility and irritating the gut lining regardless of FODMAP math. One or two with food sits very differently than a bucket on an empty stomach.
What's inside
📏 Per 12-oz bottle: 4.6% ABV, ~13.9 g carbs. The lime wedge is fine; the bucket format is the real variable — each extra bottle stacks carbs and alcohol alike.
Gentler alternatives
↳Corona Premier — Same brand and same taste profile at the same bar, brewed drier — about 2.6 g carbs per 12 oz.
↳Tequila with soda water and lime — Distillation leaves no fermentable carbs, and it keeps the same lime-forward order at a Mexican restaurant.
↳Michelob Ultra — A widely stocked light lager with one of the smallest residual carb loads in beer.
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