There is no single Cutwater nutrition number. Across the canned lineup, one 12 oz can runs from 99 calories for a Lime Vodka Soda to 545 for a Piña Colada – a spread of more than five times, all in the same-sized aluminum. Anyone looking up Cutwater nutrition facts to log a drink needs the figure for the exact can in hand, not a brand average, because a margarita and a vodka soda share almost nothing on the panel except the shape of the can. The Tastybend Nutrition Desk pulled the figures below from Cutwater’s own product pages, from MyFoodDiary, and from FatSecret, each tied to the SKU it describes.
The numbers below report against a serving size of one can, 12 fl oz, which is how Cutwater prints every canned-cocktail panel. For drinks, one can is one serving, so the per-serving figure and the whole-can total are the same number.
Calories Per Can, Lowest to Highest Across the Lineup
The floor of the range is the vodka soda line. Cutwater’s Lime Vodka Soda lists 99 calories per 12 fl oz, with 0.00g fat, 0.00g carbs, and 0.00g protein per can on FatSecret’s entry. The Cucumber and Grapefruit vodka sodas each come in at the same 99 calories per 12 fl oz. Step up from there and the numbers climb fast.
Here is the per-can ranking, lowest to highest, for the SKUs with reported figures:
- Lime / Cucumber / Grapefruit Vodka Soda – 99 calories per 12 fl oz
- Lime Tequila Soda – 130 calories per 12 fl oz
- Rum Mint Mojito – 170 calories per 12 fl oz
- Tiki Rum Punch – 190 calories per 12 fl oz
- Tequila Paloma – 212 calories per can
- Spicy Bloody Mary – reported calories per can
- Vodka Mule – 270 calories per can
- Peach Margarita – 295 calories per can
- Spicy Mango Margarita – 346 kcal per 12 oz
- Mango Margarita / Tiki Rum Mai Tai – 350 calories per can
- Lime Margarita – 360 calories per can
- White Russian / Espresso Martini – 540 calories per can
- Piña Colada – 545 calories per 12 fl oz
The vodka soda at 99 calories and the Piña Colada at 545 are both drinks you can hold in one hand. The gap is the whole reason a single “Cutwater calories” answer misleads. The soda line is published by MyFoodDiary and FatSecret; the dessert-style figure for Piña Colada comes from MyFoodDiary’s brand index. For the wider drinks category, see our drinks coverage.
Sugar and Carbs Per Can, Including the Added-Sugar Load
Calories only tell part of it. The sugar line is where the “it’s just a light canned cocktail” idea falls apart. A 12 oz Lime Margarita carries 27g sugar, and MyFoodDiary logs all of it as added sugars – 27g, which it marks as 54% of the Daily Value for added sugars [Source]. One can covers more than half a day’s added-sugar allowance before anything else.
The margaritas and tiki cans cluster together on carbs and sugar:
- Lime Margarita – 27g carbs, 27g sugar
- Mango Margarita – 25g carbs, 25g sugar
- Spicy Mango Margarita – 23g carbs, 22g sugar
- Peach Margarita – 30g carbs, 24g sugar
- Tiki Rum Mai Tai – 24g carbs, 24g sugar
- Tequila Paloma – 17g carbs, 17g sugar
- Vodka Mule – 30g carbs
- White Russian / Espresso Martini – 38g carbs, 32g sugar
On the opposite end, the Lime Vodka Soda reports 0.00g carbs and 0g sugar on FatSecret – which makes it the low-carb pick in the lineup if that is the deciding factor. For a reader counting carbs, the choice between a vodka soda and a margarita is a 27-to-30g swing per can, not a rounding difference. The dessert-style cans push highest: 38g carbs and 32g sugar in a single 12 oz White Russian.
Fat and Protein Outliers in an Otherwise Zero-Zero Lineup
Most Cutwater cans report 0g fat and 0g protein – Tequila Paloma, Tiki Rum Mai Tai, the margaritas, the vodka sodas. Two SKUs break that pattern hard. The White Russian lists 14g fat and 3g protein per can on Cutwater’s panel, and FatSecret records the same 14.00g fat, 38.00g carbs, 3.00g protein per can. The Espresso Martini carries an identical macro line: 540 calories, 38g carbs, 14g fat, 3g protein, 32g sugar.
Those two cans share every macro figure under different product names. The Desk preserves them as separate entries because they appear on separate Cutwater pages, but a reader logging either should know the numbers are the same: 14g fat is the entire fat content of the drink, and it comes from the coffee cream liqueur in the recipe.
The other outlier runs the other direction. The Spicy Bloody Mary stands apart as the canned cocktail in this set with meaningful protein, from the tomato base. If you are matching a drink to a meal, the macro shape of these three cans is nothing like the fat-free, sugar-heavy margaritas.
Contains Milk: The One Allergen Exception
Allergen warning
Cutwater’s canned-cocktail labels state the products are gluten free. The White Russian is the exception worth stopping on: it contains milk. Cutwater’s own page describes it as distilled from its US-distilled vodka and coffee cream liqueur, and that cream liqueur is why the can carries both the 14g fat and the milk allergen declaration. Nothing else in the margarita or soda line flags dairy. For anyone avoiding milk, the gluten-free status on the rest of the cans does not extend to this one on dairy – read that panel specifically.
ABV, Can Size, and Alcohol Grams Per Can
Every Cutwater canned cocktail in this set ships in a 12 oz can, but the alcohol content is not fixed. The alcohol by volume varies by SKU across the margaritas and the White Russian. The Tiki Rum Punch is confirmed on Rosauers Supermarkets’ retail listing, which also names its white and barrel-aged rums and passion fruit juice [Source].
Alcohol grams track ABV. MyFoodDiary logs the Lime Margarita at 35g of alcohol per 12 oz serving [Source]. That 35g of alcohol is a large share of the can’s 360 calories – the Lime Margarita’s calorie load rides on both its alcohol and its 27g sugar together.
A shared 12 oz can size tells you nothing about what is inside. Verified 12-oz cans run from the Tequila Paloma (212 calories, 17g sugar) to the Espresso Martini (540 calories, 32g sugar) – same volume, more than double the calories. Do not read one Cutwater panel and assume the next can matches it.
How Many Standard Drinks Is One Cutwater Can?
A 12 oz can does not automatically equal one drink. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism sets the U.S. definition: one standard drink contains about 14 grams, or about 0.6 fluid ounces, of pure alcohol [Source]. A 1.5-oz shot of 40% ABV spirits is one standard drink. And by the same reference, a 12-oz beer at 5% ABV is one standard drink, while a 12-oz beer at 10% ABV is two.
Apply that to Cutwater. The pure alcohol in a can is its volume times its ABV; dividing by 0.6 fl oz gives standard drinks:
- Peach Margarita (10% ABV, 12 oz) – 12 × 0.10 ÷ 0.6 = 2.0 standard drinks
- Lime Margarita (12.5% ABV, 12 oz) – 12 × 0.125 ÷ 0.6 ≈ 2.5 standard drinks
A single Lime Margarita at 12.5% ABV is closer to two and a half standard drinks than one. The 35g of alcohol MyFoodDiary lists for that can is more than the 14 grams that define one standard drink. The soda line sits lower, but the margaritas and the White Russian should be counted as the multiple drinks they are.
The Low-Calorie and Low-Carb Picks
If the goal is the lightest can, the vodka soda line settles it. Cucumber and Grapefruit vodka sodas match it at 99 calories each. That is the keto- and low-carb-friendly tier of the brand.
From there the next rungs are the Lime Tequila Soda at 130 calories and the Rum Mint Mojito at 170 calories. Any of the three sodas undercuts a Lime Margarita by a wide calorie and sugar margin per can. The trade worth naming: the lower-calorie sodas are also lower ABV and sugar, so you are getting a lighter drink in every sense, not just fewer calories at the same strength.
The Bloody Mary Mixer, on a Different Serving Basis
Cutwater also sells a non-alcoholic mixer, and its panel does not read like the cans. The sodium figure is the headline: far above anything in the alcoholic lineup, which is normal for a savory tomato mixer. Do not line the mixer up against the cans; the serving size alone is three times smaller, so every number is reported on a different basis.
When the Databases Disagree: Grapefruit Tequila Paloma
Aggregators do not always match, and the Grapefruit Tequila Paloma is the clearest case in this brand. FatSecret lists it at 350 kcal per can, with 0.00g fat, 25.00g carbs, 0.00g protein. MyFoodDiary lists the same drink at 212 calories per 12 fl oz. That is a notable gap on the same stated serving – the kind of split that points to either different product versions or a data-entry error, and no official Cutwater label for this SKU was located to settle it.
The rule the Desk applies, and the one worth carrying to any brand: when two trackers disagree, the on-can Nutrition Facts panel outranks both. Until that panel is in hand, treat the Grapefruit Tequila Paloma as unresolved rather than picking the lower number because it is friendlier. Separately, Cutwater’s Tequila Paloma (not the grapefruit version) lists 212 calories and 17g carbs on its own page – a different product name and URL, kept distinct here.
Full Cutwater Nutrition Facts Table, Per 12 oz Can
One table, per can, drawn from Cutwater’s product pages, MyFoodDiary, and FatSecret. Blank cells mean the serving block ended with no figure published for that nutrient – an omitted sodium value is not a sourced zero. Peach Margarita, for instance, lists 1.5mg sodium, while several cans end after sugar.
| SKU (12 oz can) | Calories | Carbs | Sugar | Fat | Protein | Sodium | ABV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Vodka Soda | 99 | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | – | – |
| Lime Tequila Soda | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rum Mint Mojito | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tiki Rum Punch | 190 | 14g | – | 0g | – | 1mg | – |
| Tequila Paloma | 212 | 17g | 17g | 0g | 0g | – | – |
| Spicy Bloody Mary | 255 | 14g | 9g | 0g | 6g | – | – |
| Vodka Mule | 270 | 30g | – | 0g | 0g | – | – |
| Peach Margarita | 295 | 30g | 24g | 0g | 0g | 1.5mg | 10% |
| Spicy Mango Margarita | 346 | 23g | 22g | 0g | 0g | – | – |
| Mango Margarita | 350 | 25g | 25g | 0g | 0g | – | 12.5% |
| Tiki Rum Mai Tai | 350 | 24g | 24g | 0g | 0g | – | – |
| Lime Margarita | 360 | 27g | 27g | 0g | 0g | – | 12.5% |
| White Russian | 540 | 38g | 32g | 14g | 3g | – | – |
| Espresso Martini | 540 | 38g | 32g | 14g | 3g | – | – |
| Piña Colada | 545 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Panel figures can shift when a brand reformulates without announcing it, so a can in your hand always outranks a table. For other branded drinks read the same way, see our Clawtails nutrition facts and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups rundowns.
Lime Margarita by the Gram: 35g Alcohol ÷ 14g = 2.5 Standard Drinks
The article lists two numbers for the Lime Margarita that a reader logging a drink can turn into the one figure that actually matters: how many U.S. standard drinks a single can really is. MyFoodDiary records 35g of alcohol in the 12 oz can, and the NIAAA definition quoted here fixes one standard drink at 14g of pure alcohol. Divide the first by the second and the can works out to 2.5 standard drinks – not the one drink a 12 oz can is often assumed to be.
That gram-based result lands on exactly the same number as the volume method the article uses elsewhere (12 oz × 12.5% ÷ 0.6 = 2.5), so two independent figures on the same panel confirm each other. If one Lime Margarita is 2.5 standard drinks, two cans is 5 – a full day past the single-drink mental model many people apply to a 12 oz can.
- By alcohol grams: 35g ÷ 14g per standard drink = 2.5 standard drinks
- By volume × ABV (cross-check): 12 × 0.125 ÷ 0.6 = 2.5 standard drinks
- Calories from alcohol alone: 35g × 7 kcal/g = 245 kcal
- Alcohol’s share of the 360-calorie can: 245 ÷ 360 = about 68% – meaning roughly two-thirds of this “margarita” is alcohol calories, with the 27g sugar making up most of the rest.
This is sensitive health information: standard-drink counts and calorie-from-alcohol figures are estimates based on the label values above, and individual responses to alcohol vary. These calculations are drawn from the figures already in this article.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Cutwater can has the fewest calories?
The vodka soda trio ties for lowest: Lime, Cucumber, and Grapefruit each report 99 per 12 fl oz. The Lime version also shows zero grams of carbohydrate and sugar, making it the pick for anyone watching carbs rather than calories alone. The next step up, Lime Tequila Soda, lands at 130.
Does one Cutwater can count as a single drink?
Often no. Dividing a can’s pure-alcohol content by 0.6 fluid ounces, a 10% ABV Peach Margarita works out to roughly two standard drinks. Plan your count by ABV, not by can.
Why do the White Russian and Espresso Martini share the same numbers?
Both cans publish 540 calories, 38g carbs, 32g sugar, 14g fat, and 3g protein, on separate Cutwater pages under distinct names. We list them individually rather than merging the records. The 14g fat and the milk allergen on the White Russian trace to its coffee cream liqueur base.
Is Cutwater’s Bloody Mary mixer high in sodium?
Yes. Because it reports against a smaller serving than the 12 oz cans and holds 0% alcohol, its panel should never be compared one-to-one with a canned cocktail.
Why do two databases list different Grapefruit Tequila Paloma calories?
FatSecret records 350 per can while MyFoodDiary shows 212 for the same 12 fl oz, a 138-calorie split with no official brand label available to resolve it. Treat the drink as uncertain and defer to the printed panel on the can itself over either aggregator entry.
