Bunta Alcohol-Free Beers

Bunta is a UK alcohol-free beer brand made to go with Indian food, launched in 2025 by Gunikka Ahuja. Its one beer is a 0.5% citrus lager with orange peel and coriander seed, “Imagined in India” and “Handcrafted in the UK”, it says; it doesn’t say who brews it.

Who are Bunta?

Gunikka Ahuja grew up in New Delhi, moved to Los Angeles at 17 and was a textile innovation manager at Adidas before moving to London, the British Guild of Beer Writers reported in June 2026. “I think I just need to make my own Indian beer,” she says in the launch press release. “The food had evolved, but the beer hadn’t,” she said, as The Brewers Journal reported, and it calls her brother’s response, “Our food deserves better”, the turning point.

In North India a bunta is the marble that seals a codd-neck bottle, particularly of Banta, a lemon soda Ahuja enjoyed as a child, the launch press release says; The London Economic put it as “The name ‘Bunta’ draws inspiration from North India’s traditional Banta soda bottles”. Bunta calls its beer “the UK’s first non-alcoholic Indian craft beer”.

Who owns Bunta, and who brews it?

Companies House lists the company, Baba-G Brewing Company Ltd, incorporated on 28 June 2023, with two directors, Gunikka Kaur Ahuja and Harjas Ahuja, each holding 25–50% of the shares and votes. No company is listed as a person with significant control, and no press report we read names an investor, so we list Bunta as independent.

Bunta doesn’t say who brews it. Its website says “Handcrafted in the UK” and The London Economic says “Brewed in the UK”, but none of the brand’s pages, its press release or the coverage we read names a brewery or a brewing partner, and Bunta lists no brewery of its own. Nobody says how the alcohol is kept to 0.5% either. The recipe went through “more than 50 iterations”, The Brewers Journal reported.

Where you’ll find Bunta

Champers Drinks, which The Brewers Journal calls “a leading independent drinks wholesaler”, is to distribute Bunta across London and the South East, the magazine reported in July 2026, when Bunta had “more than 100 UK listings, including the Royal Albert Hall”, and was in more than 40 restaurants. Its first draught listing was at The Latimer, a new pub on Latimer Road in London, the Beer Guild reported in May 2026.

Bunta’s alcohol-free beer

Bunta Citrus Lager is its only beer; Bunta calls it the Non-Alcoholic Citrus Lager. It’s brewed with water, malted barley, wheat, hops, coriander seeds, orange peel and yeast, and Bunta describes it as light, crisp and refreshing: “Juicy citrus hops slice through spice, while a smooth malt body balances every bite”. It comes in a stubby pink 330ml can, in packs of 12, 24 and 48 from Bunta’s own shop, and on draught in some venues.

Bunta’s own site says only “Non-Alcoholic”; its press material, Wise Bartender and Alcohol Change UK give 0.5%. The Alcohol Free Co’s listing says 0.0%, but no other source does, so we go with 0.5%. Per 100ml, Bunta gives 79 kJ / 18 kcal, 3.5g of carbohydrate, of which 1.5g sugars, and less than 0.5g each of fat and protein; its press material gives 60 calories per 330ml can. It’s vegan, its press material and the shops say. Its press release also calls it gluten-free, but Bunta’s own site doesn’t, and it’s brewed with barley and wheat, so check the can; more in our gluten-free alcohol-free beer guide.

Bunta’s press material says the Citrus Lager won gold at the 2026 London Beer Competition, which Beverage Trade Network runs; its own website shows no award. The Beer Guild, The Brewers Journal, The London Economic and The Three Drinkers all carry the claim, but none gives a category, and the competition’s results pages wouldn’t load for us, so we couldn’t confirm it.

How Bunta compares

Bunta beside other alcohol-free lagers in our directory. Calories as published; checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Bunta beer in our directory

Checked 31 October 2026. Calories are from Bunta’s website. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Bunta

On 30 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had single cans at £2.95 and six for £17.34, and Wise Bartender single cans at £3; those are affiliate links. Bunta’s own shop sells packs of 12, 24 and 48. DELLI listed a four-pack at £9.99, but it was sold out, and Dry Drinker doesn’t list it. More in our guide to alcohol-free beer with curry.

Facts checked against Bunta’s own website, its launch press release, Companies House, the British Guild of Beer Writers, The Brewers Journal, The London Economic, Beer Today, The Three Drinkers, Food and Drink Technology, the London Beer Competition, Alcohol Change UK, DELLI, The Alcohol Free Co and Wise Bartender, 31 October 2026.