Foster's Lager is an internationally distributed Australian brand of filtered beer. It is also brewed under licence in many countries, including the USA, Canada and the People's Republic of China. The European rights to the beer are owned by Scottish & Newcastle plc, who brew and distribute Foster's in most European countries including; the United Kingdom, Greece, France, Belgium, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the Republic of Ireland. In the U.S and India, rights to the brand are owned by SABMiller.
The Foster's brand is also used in Australia on several other beers, notably Foster's Light Ice, a low-alcohol pale lager.
Recent statistics show that 30 pints of Foster's are consumed every second in the U.K. alone.
