Stella Artois
Summary
Stella Artois scores 1/100. Independent third-party testing detected 18.7 ppb glyphosate — the lowest of the seven mass-market beers tested, but still well above zero. Uses corn (maize) as a secondary adjunct alongside barley malt — both common glyphosate-spray crops. Ethanol remains a WHO IARC Group 1 carcinogen with no safe consumption level per the WHO (2023). Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
At a glance
Contaminants 1
Source: Independent third-party laboratory testing
Glyphosate 18.7 ppb Moderate
A moderate level of glyphosate — elevated enough to be a real sourcing concern; cleaner-tested options exist.
Independent third-party testing detected glyphosate at 18.7 parts per billion.
Key ingredients 6
Ethanol (Alcohol)Very Bad
Classified by WHO's IARC as a Group 1 carcinogen — definitively known to cause cancer in humans. Even moderate alcohol consumption is causally linked to cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, larynx, liver, and oropharynx. There is no safe level of alcohol consumption per the WHO (2023).
See more about Ethanol (Alcohol) →WaterNeutral
Brewing water; the dominant ingredient by volume.
See more about Water →Malted BarleyNeutral
The primary glyphosate-residue vector in beer. Conventional barley in North America is commonly sprayed with glyphosate (Roundup) as a pre-harvest desiccant to dry the grain uniformly for combine harvesting; residues persist through malting, mashing, and fermentation.
See more about Malted Barley →Corn (Maize)Bad
Adjunct grain almost certainly sourced from conventional GMO corn — itself a glyphosate-spray candidate, compounding residue exposure on top of the barley.
See more about Corn (Maize) →HopsGood
Whole hop flowers — traditional ingredient with mild antimicrobial polyphenols (xanthohumol, isohumulones).
See more about Hops →YeastNeutral
Saccharomyces strain used for fermentation; not a health concern.
See more about Yeast →Processing
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