Don't let calorific cocktails ruin your diet - these nutritious alternatives will keep your health and your social life on track

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Most alcoholic beverages contain almost no nutritional value, so it’s often advised to stay clear of them when you’re trying to shift the pounds. In fact, in a recent study of 1000 dieters, up to 26 per cent consumed a quarter of their weekly calorie intake in alcohol alone.

However, here at GTG we like our little tipple on a Friday night (and Saturday night and maybe Sunday lunch too - but who’s counting), so we’ve decided to pull together some delicious low-calorie, nutritious cocktails to help you stay slim and social this summer.

1. Coconut and Passionfruit Mango Soda

Ingredients:

1 whole fresh passionfruit, blended

60 ml fresh mango juice

60 ml Jax Coco

50 ml of soda water or sparkling mineral water

Method:

Build all the ingredients in a tall glass, add ice and top up with soda.

Garnish:

Wooden stirrer.

2. Ocean Water Mojito

Ingredients:

20 ml Jax Coco

1 whole lime, sliced and crushed

1 bar spoon desiccated coconut

30 ml of agave syrup

2 sprigs of fresh mint

40 ml white rum

2 drops of angostura bitters

Method:

Muddle in a rock glass the lime, Jax Coco, coconut, agave syrup and mint. Add the rum, cover the glass with crushed ice and stir well.

Garnish:

Small sprig of mint and 2 drops of angostura bitter.

3. Fruity Frappe

Ingredients:

2 whole strawberries

30 ml vanilla soya milk

30 ml Jax Coco

30 ml tequila

Method:

Blend strawberry, coconut water, crushed ice, vanilla soya milk and tequila.

Garnish:

Serve in a Jax Coco Tetra Pak with a Bamboo straw.

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4. Coco Tall Negroni

Ingredients:

60 ml Mancino Vermouth Rosso Amaranto

30 ml Campari Bitter

60 ml Jax Coco

1 long orange zest

Method:

Build the Vermouth and Campari in a tall glass with high quality of ice and top up with Jax Coco.

Garnish:

Long bar spoon and orange zest.

5. Jax Julep (served at the Fifth Floor Bar at Harvey Nichols)

Ingredients:

1 strawberry

1 stalk of lemongrass

50 ml Beefeater 24 Gin

10 ml lemon juice

15 ml agave syrup

Top up with Jax Coco sparkling coconut water

Method:

Muddle the strawberry and lemongrass, add the mixed gin, juice and syrup. Strain and pour over crushed ice and top up with Jax Sparkling.

Garnish:

A stick of lemongrass, half a strawberry and a sprinkling of lemon zest.

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