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Where is Cobra Zero brewed?

By Mark Porter Last checked 6 September 2026 How we check

Imported, not from the country on the label

Cobra Zero is sold as Indian, but the beer in UK shops is imported from Serbia.

Listed by Ocado when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

Every beer on the shelf by strength · How the units are worked out

Brewed for the UK in
Imported from Serbia
Imported
Sold as a beer from
India
Same Indian positioning as Cobra Premium
Brewed in (country)
Serbia
Inferred from the sources, not read from a label
Brand owner
Molson Coors Beverage Company
HQ: United States / Canada
UK strength
0.0%
less than 0.1 units a pint
Strength at home (India)
Not confirmed
0.0 in the Ocado ABV field and '0% ABV' on the brewer's own site. There is no Indian Cobra Zero: Cobra is a British brand and the alcohol-free version is brewed in Serbia, so there is no home-market strength to compare.
What the UK label says
“Brewed and packaged under licence in Apatinska pivara. UK: MCBC (UK) Ltd., 137 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 1JZ, UK. EU Food Business Operator: MCBC (Ireland) DAC, Block J1 Unit Centre, Maynooth Business Campus, Straffan Road, Republic of Ireland.”
Source: www.ocado.com
More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home
UK rights held by
Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd (Molson Coors) (owned)
Style
Alcohol-free lager
Brand created
2005, United Kingdom
Brewed at home in
None: no Indian version; British brand, alcohol-free version brewed in Serbia

What we have not confirmed

The owner and the strength come from the brewer's own site, and Ocado's listing names Apatinska pivara as the brewer. The listing gives no country of origin or brewery address, so the country is our inference from the brewery's name. A photo of the full small print on a can would confirm it.

If you have a can or bottle to hand, the producer's name and address in the small print would settle it.

In short

Cobra Zero is imported. The UK product is brewed in Serbia. That country is inferred from the sources rather than read from a label. That is not the country the branding suggests: it is sold as Indian, but the beer comes from Serbia. The UK version is 0.0%; we have not confirmed the home-market strength. The brand belongs to Molson Coors Beverage Company, which also owns Caffrey's and Carling in the UK.

Questions people ask

Where is Cobra Zero brewed?

The UK product is imported from Serbia.

Is Cobra Zero brewed in the UK?

No. The UK product is brewed in Serbia.

Is Cobra Zero really Indian?

It is sold as Indian, but the beer in UK shops is brewed in Serbia.

Who owns Cobra Zero?

Cobra Zero is owned by Molson Coors Beverage Company, headquartered in United States / Canada. In the UK the brand is handled by Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd.

What strength is Cobra Zero in the UK?

Cobra Zero is 0.0% ABV in the UK. A UK pint is less than 0.1 units.

What does the Cobra Zero label say about where it is brewed?

The UK label text on record reads: "Brewed and packaged under licence in Apatinska pivara. UK: MCBC (UK) Ltd., 137 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 1JZ, UK. EU Food Business Operator: MCBC (Ireland) DAC, Block J1 Unit Centre, Maynooth Business Campus, Straffan Road, Republic of Ireland."

See also

Kingfisher Premium Lager
Hartlepool · 4.5% · sold as Indian
Brewed here
Caffrey's Irish Ale
Tadcaster · 3.8% · sold as Irish
Brewed here
Carling Original Lager
Burton upon Trent · 4.0% · sold as British
Honest British
Carling Black Label Premium Lager
Burton upon Trent · 4.7% · sold as British
Honest British
Coors Lager
Burton upon Trent · 3.4% · sold as American
Brewed here
Madrí Excepcional
Tadcaster · 4.6% · sold as Spanish
Brewed here

Every beer sold as India · Every brand owned by Molson Coors Beverage Company

Last checked 6 September 2026. How we check.

Sources

  1. Molson Coors (molsoncoors.com): Cobra Zero 0% in UK range
  2. Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org): secondary: launched 2005, 0.0%
  3. Ocado (ocado.com), 5 September 2026: Cobra Zero Premium Alcohol Free Beer, 4 x 330ml: alcohol by volume 0.0; 'Brewed and packaged under licence in Apatinska pivara'; UK: MCBC (UK) Ltd., 137 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 1JZ; EU food business operator MCBC (Ireland) DAC, Maynooth Business Campus. No country of origin field.
  4. Cobra Beer (cobrabeer.com), 5 September 2026: Brewer's own range page: Cobra Zero '0% ABV'; Cobra Premium 4.5% bottled and 4.3% draught. No brewing location is given for any of the beers.

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