The 6 Best Canned Mocktails We Tried in 2024

So many people are having a non-alcoholic summer—and we’re here for it! Even if you’re just dabbling in the sober side of life, having canned mocktails on hand can be a huge help when you want a fun drink but are oh-so-sick of sparkling water. 

Fortunately, the abundance of unique canned mocktails has exploded recently—not only are they delicious, but they are portable and ready to pop into your bag for your next beach day or pool party. 

From NA margs to spritzes to Negronis, brands like Ghia, Curious Elixirs, Free Spirits, Parch, and Mingle Mocktails are topping our list this summer for the best canned mocktails—let us know if you’ve tried them! 

Our Insider Picks

Overall Best Canned Mocktails: Ghia Le Spritz → Go to Review

Best Non-Alcoholic Canned Margarita: Free Spirits Margarita → Go to Review

Best Canned Tropical Mocktail: Curious Elixir No. 6 Coconut Pineapple Painkiller → Go to Review

Best NA Mezcal-Inspired Margarita: Parch Spiced Piñarita → Go to Review

Best NA Negroni: Curious Elixir Pomegranate Negroni Sbagliato → Go to ReviewBest “Champagne”

Mocktail: Mingle Mocktails Blackberry Hibiscus Bellini → Go to Review

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1. Overall Best Canned Mocktails: Ghia Le Spritz (A+)

Ghia Le Spritz is a collection of 4 canned mocktails, all of which are unique, delicious, and with excellent ingredients, including botanicals and adaptogens. They range in bitterness from low to pretty high, but even the most bitter-averse could still enjoy them (especially the Ghia Ginger and Sumac & Chili, for the spicy lovers). Ghia does not use added sugar, and each can is $5—a little steep for the small size, but the quality of ingredients and flavors makes up for that. 

Ingredients and Nutrition

Ghia Le Spritz mocktails use top-tier ingredients, including unique mixtures of botanicals, herbs, adaptogens, bitters, and juice concentrates (like yuzu juice and white grape juice concentrate). 

The four Le Spritz mocktails are:

• Ghia Soda: a classic aperitivo with a bit of bitterness and a touch of yuzu 
• Ghia Ginger: a ginger-spicy spritz with tons of flavor and a touch of sweetness from dates 
• Lime & Salt: a refreshing take on a spritz with loads of citrus and a bit of salt
• Sumac & Chili: the spiciest of the bunch; still has bitter aperitivo qualities but is a bit more tart and sour

Each of the four Le Spritz mocktails has similarly high-quality and beneficial ingredients, so we will just highlight one of them—here’s the ingredients and nutritional information for the Ghia Ginger: 

Water, White Grape Juice Concentrate, Yuzu Juice, Ginger Juice, Lemon Balm Extract, Gentian Root Extract, Date Concentrate, Elderflower Extract, Plum Concentrate, Fruit and Vegetable Juice for Color, Acacia, Ginger Extract, Allspice Extract, Rhubarb Root Extract, Chili Pepper Extract, Orange Extract, Rosemary Extract

Nutrition Facts Per Serving (1 8-ounce can): 

• 60 calories
• 0g fat 
• 13 g carbohydrates
• 9g sugar (0g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

Although each of the Ghia mocktails has some sugar (8-9 grams), it’s from natural sources like yuzu juice, white grape juice concentrate, or riesling white grape juice. 

I love the addition of botanical extracts and adaptogenic ingredients, like lemon balm, which promotes a healthy mood and stress reduction, and gentian root to stimulate digestion and appetite (the whole point of aperitivos!). 

Product Experience

All four Ghia Le Spritz canned mocktails are excellent, but my favorites are the Ghia Ginger and the Lime & Salt, which are both highly refreshing. Ghia Ginger has the telltale ginger-specific spiciness mixed with a little bit of sweetness. It also has a very slight spice from the chili pepper extract—but not as much as you’ll find in the Sumac & Chili, which you’ll enjoy if you’re a spice lover. You can’t go wrong with the classic Ghia Soda, their signature “spritz” aperitivo that is characteristically bitter but not too bitter.

Value

Ghia Le Spritz canned mocktails are $60 for 12 cans, which is $5 per can or $0.62 per ounce. Five dollars per can seems a tad pricey, but it’s not too far off from other non-alcoholic canned mocktails.

2. Best Non-Alcoholic Margarita: Free Spirits Margarita (A)

Free Spirits Margarita is an excellent-tasting non-alcoholic margarita with flavors of bright lime, tangerine, and a light smokiness. It even uses flavorings of capsaicin—the ingredient that makes chili peppers spicy—to mimic alcohol’s warming effects. It has some added B vitamins and is affordable, but it uses natural flavors and a moderate amount of added sugar (6g/can). 

Ingredients and Nutrition

The Free Spirits Margarita ingredients are: 

Water, Agave, Cane Sugar, Tangerine Juice Concentrate, Lime Juice Concentrate, Clarified Lime Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavors, Sea Salt, Citric Acid, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Malic Acid, Vitamin B6

The nutrition information per can is:

• 65 calories
• 15g carbohydrates
• 13g sugar (6g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

The 6 grams of added sugar per can is not too bad (certainly better than a regular margarita), coming from a combination of agave and cane sugar, but the 13g of total sugar is higher than some other NA mocktails. Plus, I don’t always love natural flavors—they’re not necessarily “bad,” but I’d prefer to know precisely where they are coming from. 

The addition of some B vitamins (30% of your daily needs for B3 and B6), which are beneficial for a healthy mood and brain. 

Overall, the ingredients and nutrition on Free Spirits Margaritas are pretty good, but not excellent.

Product Experience

This NA margarita is really delicious, with flavors of bright lime, tangerine, and a light smokiness. It also uses capsaicin flavors—the key ingredient that makes chili peppers spicy—to emulate that warming effect that alcohol gives you. The end result? A non-alcoholic drink that tastes surprisingly like alcohol. This NA marg is delicious over ice with some lime, but it’s also tasty straight out of the can for on-the-go sipping. 

Value

Free Spirit Margaritas are $44.99 for a 12-pack of cans or $3.74 per can—a very reasonable price that definitely gets put in the “pro” column.

3. Best Canned Tropical Mocktail: Curious Elixir No. 6 Painkiller (A-)

If you want to feel like you’re on a tropical beach with your toes in the sand (but don’t want a hangover and headache from a sugar-bombed Pina Colada), the Curious Elixir No. 6 is for you. This non-alcoholic coconut pineapple painkiller contains coconut cream, pineapple, citrus, oat milk, lemon balm, nutmeg, and more to create a perfect tropical mocktail. However, it’s a bit high in sugar—especially if you drink a whole can (which is two servings)—and price.

Ingredients and Nutrition

Many people might not realize that this 12-ounce can contains two servings, making it easy to consume more sugar than intended. 

But the ingredients are great, with a combination of whole-food-based fruits, botanicals, and sweeteners. The full ingredient list for the No.6  Painkiller is:

Coconut cream, Organic pineapple juice concentrate, Organic orange juice concentrate, Organic lime juice concentrate, Organic lemon juice concentrate, Oat milk & aloe concentrates, Extracts of lemon balm, American oak, Chicory, Ginger, Nutmeg, Black pepper, Blackstrap molasses essence

Here is the nutritional information per serving and per can:

• 55 calories per serving (110 per can)
• 1g fat (2g per can)
• 12g carbs (24g per can)
• 9g sugar (18g per can) (0g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

Overall, the ingredients are excellent, but it may be misleading to have two servings in a can of this size, totaling 18 grams of sugar per can. That said, there is no refined or added sugar; it only comes from the pineapple, orange, and lime juice concentrates.

Product Experience

Tropical mocktails are a little hard to emulate the real thing without the characteristic flavor of rum, but this Curious Elixir did a great job. I think it’s a tad heavy on the pineapple juice, which, although it’s a delicious flavor, made it seem slightly too juicy. I enjoyed this mocktail in a rocks glass poured over a large ice square with nutmeg on top, and that’s definitely a winning way to consume it. The nutmeg, ginger, citrus extracts, coconut cream, and oat milk make for a tasty, dairy-free, creamy tropical mocktail that I would enjoy any time of year.

Value

At $98 for 12 cans, Curious Elixir No. 6 is certainly not inexpensive. However, the price really depends on whether you are going by the serving size or drinking an entire can. If you’re drinking an entire can in one go, that’ll be $8.17 per can, but if you follow the serving size guidelines and share with a friend, it drops to $4.08 per serving. 

4. Best Mezcal-Inspired NA Margarita: Parch Spiced Piñarita (A)

Parch Spiced Piñarita is a unique and delicious canned mocktail that beautifully combines smokiness with a bit of spice. I love the addition of mole bitters and cocoa extract, which lends to the beverage’s Mexican and Southwestern U.S. inspiration. The adaptogen blend of ginseng, L-theanine, and ashwagandha is a nice addition, but it’s a bit high in sugar for one small can (16g total). 

Ingredients and Nutrition

Parch Spiced Piñarita has an impressive lineup of adaptogenic and botanical ingredients that make up its smokey and spicy flavor profile: 

Carbonated Water, Blue Agave Nectar, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Prickly Pear Juice Concentrate, Chamomile and Hibiscus Flavor with Other Natural Flavors, Lime Juice Concentrate, Cayenne Pepper Puree, Mole Bitters Flavor with Other Natural Flavors, Malic Acid, Wild Cherry Bark Extract, Sea Salt, Adaptogens (Ginseng, L-Theanine Extract from green tea, Ashwagandha Root Extract), Cocoa Extract, Black Carrot Juice Concentrate (for color), Blue Agave Inulin

I can definitely see the inspiration from Mexico and the Southwestern U.S., with prickly pear, blue agave, and mole. However, they use natural flavors for the chamomile, hibiscus, and mole bitters. 

This mocktail is also a bit higher in sugar than others—see the nutrition facts per serving here:

• 70 calories
• 0g fat
• 17g carbohydrates
• 16g sugar (12g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

The sugar primarily comes from organic blue agave nectar (the second ingredient after water), pineapple juice concentrate, and prickly pear juice concentrate. 

Overall, the ingredients in this mocktail are very good, but the sugar is high compared to other canned mocktails. 

Product Experience

This is one of the most interesting canned mocktails I’ve tried, with its smokey, spicy, rich, and sweet notes. The smoked cayenne pepper puree adds a nice spice and slight burn when drinking it, which feels a lot like an authentic margarita. I don’t think the smokiness is overpowering (and I don’t even love mezcal), but I can imagine if you don’t like smoke at all, you may not love this one. It tastes great straight from the can as well as in a glass over ice.

Value

At $40 for 8 cans, the Parch Spiced Piñarita costs $5 per can—the same as Ghia. Like Ghia, Parch has many additional ingredients beyond water, sugar, lime juice, and natural flavors, so I think the price point is pretty justified.

5. Best NA Negroni: Curious Elixir No. 1 Pomegranate Negroni Sbagliato (A)

Curious Elixir Pomegranate Negroni Sbagliato definitely has the bitterness part of a Negroni Sbagliato down—a herby, bitter, lightly fruity drink that is typically combined with sparkling wine or prosecco (which Curious Elixirs mimics with sparkling water). If you don’t love bitter, then you won’t love this (and you probably don’t like Negronis, anyway!). It’s on the higher side in sugar (12g/can), but the ingredients are stellar.

Ingredients and Nutrition

The ingredients of this Curious Elixirs Pomegranate Negroni are: 

Carbonated filtered water, Organic pomegranate juice concentrate, Organic orange juice concentrate, Organic lemon peel extract, Organic bitter orange extract, Organic gentian root extract, Rhodiola extract (400mg per bottle), Organic fennel extract, Herbs + spices

A few things stood out to me here. First, the use of mostly organic ingredients has not been seen in other canned mocktails. Second, no natural flavors were used, and third, the amount of an adaptogen used (Rhodiola) was stated (400mg), which is helpful information for consumers. 

The nutritional information is as follows per can (7.5 ounces):

• 55 calories
• 0g fat
• 13g carbohydrates
• 12g sugar (0g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

The 12 grams of sugar comes from the first two ingredients—organic pomegranate juice and orange juice concentrates—which is certainly better than refined, added sugar but is still quite a bit for a tiny can. 

Product Experience

As someone who doesn’t love bitterness (or Negronis), I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite mocktail—but that’s a me problem! If you love Negronis and love bitter drinks, this is for you. I enjoyed it much more poured over an ice square in a rocks glass, where I could better appreciate the notes of citrus and pomegranate. 

Value

These mini Negroni cans are $69 for 12 cans or $5.75 per 7.5oz can—one of the pricier ones we’ve seen!

6. Best “Champagne” Mocktail: Mingle Mocktails Blackberry Hibiscus Bellini (A-)

Mingle Mocktails Blackberry Hibiscus Bellini is our top pick for a champagne-inspired mocktail. This blackberry and hibiscus bellini is bubbly and fruity but not too sweet and refreshing enough to have poolside or at brunch. They’re affordable and taste great, but moderately high in sugar and contain natural flavors and cane sugar.

Ingredients and Nutrition

Bellinis typically consist of champagne or prosecco with peach puree, but I love the use of tart blackberry instead. While the “hibiscus” is actually from natural flavors, it still adds a nice touch. However, as I’ve said, we would prefer the real deal over the use of natural flavors. 

The full ingredient list is: 

Carbonated water, organic sugar, blackberry juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, and malic acid.

Malic acid is a natural type of acid found in many fruits that has a sour taste and can enhance fruit flavors, and citric acid has similar properties in addition to preserving foods.

The nutritional profile of Mingle Mocktails is pretty good, with a moderate amount of sugar: 

Per 12oz can, the Mingle Bellini contains:

• 60 calories 
• 0g fat
• 14g carbohydrates
• 11g sugar (11g added sugar)
• 0g protein 

Product Experience

This is one of my favorite Mingle Mocktails (in addition to the Raspberry Rosé) for its fruity, slightly tart, not-to-sweet, highly refreshing qualities. It’s delicious straight out of the can, but putting it in a champagne flute would also be a nice touch. I appreciate the can has instructions for how to consume it as a mocktail (“Enjoy in a champagne flute garnished with fresh berries”) or as a cocktail for people who want a little something extra (“Mix with 1oz of prosecco or vodka for a light cocktail”).

Value

Mingle Mocktails are sold online in 12 packs (12oz cans) for $38.95, which comes out to $3.25 per can. This is less than many other mocktails on this list, making it an affordable mocktail option.

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