Get the Skinny on Starbucks Cold Drinks
What city girl can resist stopping in at Starbucks for an afternoon pick-me-up? There is nothing wrong with an afternoon jolt of java to help combat that 3 pm energy slump. Studies show that caffeine can increase alertness. The problem is when that java jolt comes along with 250 - 400 calories.
Here are some tips to slim your Starbucks:
1. Order nonfat or reduced fat milk instead of whole milk. This will save you up to 140 calories and 8 - 12 grams of fat.
2. Skipping the whipped cream will save you 120 calories.
3. Pass on the sweetened syrups (4 “pumps” = 80 calories). Ask for the sugar free syrup (0 calories) or add your own noncaloric sweetener (Splenda, Equal or Sweet n’Low) - or just one pack of real sugar (20 calories).
4. Pick up the nutrition information guide in Starbucks to check the nutritional content of your favorite beverages.
| Starbucks Cold Beverages | ||
|---|---|---|
| *based on 16 oz grande size | ||
| ***"GREEN Light" Beverage Choices (under 160 calories) | Calories | Fat grams |
| Iced Americano (with 2 oz 2% milk) | 45 | 2 |
| Iced Latte (skim milk) | 100 | 0 |
| Iced Vanilla Latte (skim milk) | 160 | 0 |
| Iced Vanilla Latte (skim milk and sugar free vanilla syrup) | 100 | 0 |
| Frappacino Light | 150 | 1 |
| Shaken Tazo Iced Tea | 80 | 0 |
| Shaken Tazo Lemonade | 120 | 0 |
| ***"YELLOW Light" Beverage Choices (165-250 calories) | ||
| Iced Mocha Latte (skim milk) | 180 | 2 |
| Iced Tazo Chai Tea Latte (skim milk) | 230 | 0 |
| Iced Tazo Green Tea Latte (skim milk) | 190 | 0 |
| Iced Caramel Macchiato (skim milk) | 200 | 1 |
| Frappacino Mocha Light | 180 | 1.5 |
| Iced Latte (whole milk) | 160 | 8 |
| ***"RED Light" Beverage Choices (above 250 calories) | ||
| Iced Tazo Chai Tea Latte (whole milk) | 270 | 7 |
| Iced White Chocolate Mocha (whole milk) | 360 | 11 |
| Frappacino, Coffee | 260 | 3.5 |
| Frappacino Blended Strawberry Creme | 440 | 2.5 |
| Frappacino Java Chip | 370 | 9 |
| *add 80 - 120 calories if whipped cream is added to any beverage |
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July 8th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
[...] try not to go above 200 calories. This could work if you ordered a coffee drink under 100 calories (check out the calories in the starbucks cold drinks) and a mini cookie or [...]
July 19th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Hmmm…I thought the unsweetened iced teas were essentially calorie-free. Where do the 80 calories come from?
July 23rd, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Colette - you are obviously correct! There has to be sugar in the drink as tea by itself is calorie free. Thanks for pointing this out. I will change in on the post.
Martha
May 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
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