Anheuser-Busch and Miller Coors reveal their beers’ ingredients

It’s no big secret, really, what goes into their beers. Still, the country’s two major brewers, AB-InBev and MillerCoors, on 13 June 2014 decided to respond to a food blogger’s online petition and update their websites to include a fuller list of the ingredients used in making their beers, U.S. media reported.

Two days previously, the food blogger Vani Hari had petitioned on FoodBabe.com, demanding to know the key ingredients of these major brewers.

Following her petition, AB-InBev listed the ingredients of two of their best-selling brands Budweiser and Bud Light on the website tapintoyourbeer.com. The identical constituents of both the beers were water, rice, yeast, barley malt and hops.

Likewise, MillerCoors unveiled the components of many of their brands like Coors Light, Miller Lite and six other brands on their Facebook page. The ingredients they use are basically the same, with the exception of rice being replaced with corn.

Both companies stated that although they are not legally bound to reveal the ingredients, they were willingly complying to respect their customers’ request. Further, they plan to list the ingredients of their other brands in the near future.

Ms Hari has apparently gained immense recognition in the food industry, not least after she compelled the sandwich chain, Subway, to eliminate a particular ingredient from its bread as it was used in making of yoga mats.

Within a few days her beer online petition had received thousands of signatures.

Media say that Anheuser-Busch representatives have also invited her and her family to visit their brewery in St. Louis to see for herself how beer is being made.