Miller Lite
Miller Lite logo | |
| Type | Pilsner-style light American lager |
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| Manufacturer | Miller Brewing Company |
| Introduced | 1975 |
| Alcohol by volume | 4.2% |
| Website | https://www.millerlite.com/ |
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||
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| Energy | 113 kJ (27 kcal) | ||||
.9 | |||||
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| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults, except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies. | |||||
Miller Lite is a 4.2% ABV reduced calorie light American lager beer produced by Molson Coors. It was introduced in 1973 in limited markets by the Miller Brewing Company (then owned by Philip Morris, Inc.) and began being distributed nationally in 1975. Miller Lite was the most popular new product in the history of the American beer industry. Its success prompted most other brewers to introduce their own reduced calorie “light” beers. As a result, sales of light beer in the United States went from a negligible amount before Miller Lite was introduced in 1973 to forty-four percent of the United States beer market by 2002.