Is Anheuser-Busch Michelob Ultra low FODMAP?

Yes — Michelob Ultra is about as small a fermentable load as beer gets. It's brewed from water, barley malt, rice, hops, and yeast, then fermented long enough that almost all of the sugar is consumed: a 12-ounce serving finishes at 95 calories and just 2.6 grams of carbohydrate, a fraction of what mainstream lagers leave behind. Since fructans from the barley are the FODMAP concern in beer, and fermentation is precisely what removes them, an ultra-dry recipe like this leaves very little for gut bacteria to work with — the rice adjunct thins the barley share of the grain bill further. What remains is the part no brewing process can remove: the alcohol itself (4.2% ABV), which is a gut irritant independent of FODMAPs and can speed up motility or irritate the gut lining in sensitive people, plus carbonation, which adds swallowed gas. In practice, if you want a beer in hand and the smallest possible fermentable load, this is one of the most defensible orders on any US menu — the usual one-or-two-servings-with-food advice still applies.

📏 Per 12-oz serving: 95 calories, 2.6 g carbs, 4.2% ABV — among the lowest residual carb counts of any nationally distributed beer. Multiple rounds still stack the alcohol.