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Dataset | 21 Jan 2021

Intake of drinking water and total non-alcoholic beverage intake

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Overview of mean drinking water (where available) and total non-alcoholic beverage intake across European countries in ml per day

BELGIUM (pdf) - Belgian National Food Consumption Survey 2014-2015 (2x24h recall)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
    Males Females
3-5 years 601 764 732
6-9 years 601 982 906
10-13 years 782 1195 1077
14-17 years 782 1368 1222
18-39 years 877 1675 1532
40-64 years 877 1602 1641
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include non-alcoholic wine and beer, fruit and vegetable juices, soft drinks, coffee, tea, infusions and water, but not milk. Drinking water includes tap water, mineral, and filtered water as well as aromatised non-caloric water.
DENMARK - Danish National Survey 2011-2013 (7d food record)
Age Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake
  Males Females
4-5 years 655 621
6-9 years 805 818
10-13 years 1096 927
14-17 years 1413 1082
18-24 years 1896 1782
25-34 years 2168 1984
35-44 years 2395 2143
45-54 years 2418 2360
55-64 years 2328 2234
65-75 years 2078 2038
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include coffee, tea, water, soda, soft drinks, wine and spirits, but not milk and juice.
GERMANY -  EsKiMo (Nutrition module in the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents – KiGGS)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
6 years 370 422 817a 757a
7-9 years 423 382 955a 869a
10-11 years 487 481 1058a 1027a
12 years 679 779 1510a 1459a
13-14 years 586 680 1746a 1652a
15-17 years 857 864 2347a 2007a
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include tea, coffee, juices, soft drinks and drinking water, but not milk. Drinking water includes tap water and mineral water.
GERMANY - National Food Consumption Study (NVS) II 2008 (2x24h recall)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
14-18 years 1069 963 2262 1909
19-24 years 1271 1088 2506 2139
25-34 years 1146 1135 2561 2350
35-50 years 1159 1180 2517 2463
51-64 years 1082 1170 2265 2348
65-80 years 956 1031 1932 2090
GREECE (pdf) - The European Hydration Research Study (EHRS) 2016 (7d food record)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d)
27-51 years 1930
FRANCE (pdf) - Etude individuelle Nationale sur les Consommations Alimentaires (INCA) III 2014-2015 (24h recall)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
0-11 months 94b 123c
1-3 years 324b 509c
4-6 years 493b 808c
7-10 years 591b 912c
11-14 years 570b 806c
15-17 years 771b 1073c
18-44 years 967b 1628c
45-64 years 923b 1629c
65-79 years 688b 1251c
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include mineral water, tap water, non-alcoholic soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices and hot drinks, but not milk. Drinking water includes mineral and tap water.
ITALY - INRAN-SCAI 2005-2006 (3d food record)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
3-10 years 508 508 650 650
10-18 years 689 598 969 778
18-65 years 650 691 851 883
≥65 years 610 643 762 808
NETHERLANDS - Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2007-2010 (2x24h recall)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
7-8 years 358 358 792 792
9-13 years 417 345 995 925
14-18 years 480 617 1230 1250
19-30 years 550 725 1533 1735
31-50 years 552 625 1668 1825
51-69 years 419 640 1405 1651
Notes: Median intakes only. Non-alcoholic beverages include fruit and vegetable containing drinks, carbonated/soft/isotonic drinks, diluted syrups, coffee, tea and herbal teas, and waters, but not milk.
NETHERLANDS  Dutch National Food Consumption Survey Older Adults 2010-2012 (2x24h recall)
Age Mean drinking water intake (ml/d) Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
70-94 years 431 (326) 601 (499) 1298 (1212) 1497 (1369)
Notes: Mean (median). Non-alcoholic beverages include fruit and vegetable containing drinks, carbonated/soft/isotonic drinks, diluted syrups, coffee, tea and herbal teas, and waters, but not milk.
AUSTRIA - Austrian Study on Nutritional Status (ASNS) 2008 (Sub study on water consumption ASNS aqa07) (1 day drinking protocol)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
17-30 years 1573 1335 2543 2395
31-45 years 1476 1497 2383 2558
46-64 years 1281 1297 2120 2262
65-81 years 1610 1762 2236  
AUSTRIA - Austrian Study on Nutritional Status (ASNS) 2007 (2x24h recall)
Age Mean total non-alcoholic beverage intake
  Males Females
19-24 years 3013 2372
25-50 years 2595 2384
51-65 years 2304 2273
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include  water, mineral water, unsweetened fruit or herbal teas or diluted fruit and vegetable juices, coffee, black tea, other caffeinated drinks, but not milk.
FINLAND - National FINDIET Survey 2012 (48h recall)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
25-34 years 911 1113 1599 1598
35-44 years 723 907 1599 1598
45-54 years 627 729 1599 1598
55-64 years 541 831 1599 1598
65-74 years 431 636 1168 1268
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include non-alcoholic and fruit juices but not milk.
SWEDEN - Riksmaten adults 2010-2011 (4d food record)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
18-30 years 535 638 1028 1125
31-44 years 570 715 1292 1353
45-64 years 460 655 1170 1310
65-80 years 389 537 997 1121
NORWAY (pdf) - Norkost 3 2010-2011 (2x24h recall)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
18-29 years 1351 1372 2181 2013
30-39 years 1427 1226 2192 2059
40-49 years 920 1106 2047 2135
50-59 years 844 1109 1866 2013
60-70 years 715 999 1662 1842
UNITED KINGDOM - National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008-2010 (4d food record)
Age Median drinking water intake (ml/d) Median total non-alcoholic beverage intake (ml/d)
  Males Females Males Females
4-10 years 286 324 941 891
11-18 years 494 487 1407 1222
19-64 years 1097 1132 1884 1738
≥65 years 1117 1164 1731 1586
Notes: Non-alcoholic beverages include water, coffee and tea, but not milk and juice.

 

a Calculated from original source by summing tea, coffee, juices, soft drinks and water.

bCalculated from original source by summing mineral water and tap water.

c Calculated from original source by summing mineral water, tap water, non-alcoholic soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices and hot drinks.