Starbucks Nutritional drama
Related entries in Coffee Education, StarbucksIs Starbucks the next McDonald’s… in more ways than one?
Not only is the coffee chain experiencing the same explosion of growth the burger giant saw, but perhaps we can also lay to it the same unhealthy nutritional standards as our greasy food giant:
"Regular consumers of Starbucks products could face Venti-sized health problems. If Starbucks cared about its customers’ health, it would at least list on the menu board the calorie content of its offerings."
Several of Starbucks’ popular beverages are loaded with calories, fat, and sugar. The popular GrandeLatte weighs in at 260 calories with almost half the calories coming from fat. The big-selling Grande White Mocha packs in 510 calories and 24 grams of fat. The summer line continues the trend with the award for least-healthy drink going to the heavily advertised Venti Banana Coconut Frappuccino. The massive drink weighs in at 730 calories compared to 560 calories for a Big Mac from McDonald’s.
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July 18th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
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July 26th, 2006 at 10:48 am
Starbucks, oh well it has that appeal. But it shows us what people in this world are drawn too. When you see something successfull, you go towards it. For us non-conformists its always an icthing temptation to walk in and grab that Starbucks coffee. I wish I could say that I never walk in to Starbucks but I do, And I dont really know why.
September 7th, 2006 at 8:35 am
You are right arieanna. According to Rachel Hartley of Nutracheck (an online calorie counter and personal food diary service) a typical coffee shop’s chocolate muffin and latte didn’t fare much better than a fast food outlet’s burger meal – which she describes as “a nasty shockâ€: http://www.newsquoter.com/ViewQuote.aspx?QuoteId=189
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:48 am
well, starbucks hit germany now too.. i was wondering why it took them so long but in the last 6 months we had 4 stores opening up in munich. they work like crazy as we germans love american products and yes i agree – starbucks is to blame for fals advertisement but in the end of the day it;s up to us.. we are lazy and if any product tells you “good for your health” or “lowfat” we don’t even bother checking whats in it.. you are responsible for yourself!!!! we don’t take time anymore to make up our own mind about health.. it seems that it’s enough to see a picture of a skinny hollywood-glamour girl with a venti-frappucino and double whip cream to make us believe it’s low in fat and healthy, not to forget about the fact that it’s cool.. thanks to all the “starmagazines” by the way!!
ladies and gents – stop blaming others- care for and love yourself!!! :-)