![]() This drink scrimps on sugar and calories even further, using Cascara (an all-natural sweetener derived from the cherries of the coffee plant, with a flavor similar to maple or brown sugar) to lend natural sweetness without adding a ton of extra calories or grams of sugar. Finally, our cold drinks can be foamy, just like the hot beverages available in most coffee shops. In fact, check out the video below from Brittany Dawn, you’ll find a list of options that are all below 100 total calories:Ĭold foam is one of the latest innovations to pop up at Starbucks, and it’s pretty miraculous stuff. Or, most appallingly, seven of McDonald’s chocolate doughnuts.īut is it possible to nurture a daily Starbucks habit, without tossing a refined sugar hand grenade into your bloodstream? Here’s a look at 12 drinks you can order from Starbucks right now, that will help you balance your nutritional goals, while providing the caffeine boost that your central nervous system so desperately craves. That’s nearly the same amount of sugar as you’d find in two cans of soda. A grande-sized Gingerbread Frappuccino, for example, contains 68.5 grams of sugar when ordered with the default whole milk and whipped cream. ![]() The nutritional outlook doesn’t improve, as you move down the seasonal menu. The Grande version of this drink, with whole milk and whipped cream, clocks in at 420 calories, and 50 grams of sugar. Take a closer look at what may be arguably Starbucks’ biggest pop culture contribution to date, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, with over 200 million cups soldin the first decade the product was rolled out. The coffee chain knows that fat and sugar drive huge sales, which is why so much of their menu is devoted to items that may taste great, but which are nutritional minefields of whipped cream, heavy cream, and sugary flavored syrups. ![]() But what they’re not as well known for, is their healthy, nutritious offerings. Starbucks may have grown to 80,000 locations worldwide based on the quality of its creative coffee drinks, the cool cache of hanging out for ours in one of their cozy dining rooms, and by figuring out how to effectively market a $7 cup of coffee with an 80% markup.
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