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Coffee as candy at Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks.(food wise)

Consumer Reports

| June 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

With virtually no calories, no fat, and no carbohydrates, black coffee puts no dent in a diet. Even a dollop of low-fat milk and a teaspoon of sugar boost the nutrition numbers only slightly. But those frappu-, cappu-, mocha-things? Don't fool yourself. One of them can provide more than one-fourth of the total calories and more than one-third of the fat most people should consume in a day. The results of our look at a range of hot and iced coffee drinks from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts are below. To save calories and fat, you can customize your brew. Using 2% milk instead of cream in a Dunkin' Donuts Coolatta, for example, saves 160 calories and 20 grams of fat. Skipping the whipped cream on many Starbucks drinks saves up to 130 calories and 12 grams of fat. Size also matters. Some drinks come in 20-ounce cups. Order a smaller version and the benefits are obvious.

 
Within groups, in order of calories, least to most. 
 
Product                                    Price    Size     Calories 
                                                    (oz.) 
 
HOT 
Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Swirl Latte (whole 
  milk)                                    $1.79     10        230 
Dunkin' Donuts Dunkaccino                   1.44     10        230 
Starbucks Caffe Mocha Espresso              2.96     12        340 
(whole milk and whipped cream) 
 
ICED 
Dunkin' Donuts Iced Mocha Swirl Latte       2.29     16        240 
(whole milk) 
Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino                3.15     16        260 
Blended Coffee 
Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Coolatta (cream)      3.49     16        350 
Starbuck Iced Caffe Mocha Espresso          3.30     16        350 
(whole milk and whipped cream) 
Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino                 3.40     16        420 
Blended Coffee (whipped cream) 
Starbucks Chocolate Brownie Frappuccino     3.65     16        510 
Blended Coffee (whipped cream) 
Starbucks Chocolate Frappuccino             3.40     16        530 
Blended Creme (whipped cream) 
 
COFFEE EXTRAS 
Nonfat (skim) milk                          --        1         10 
2% milk                                     --        1         15 
Whole milk                                  --        1         20 
Light cream                                 --        1         60 
Sugar (1 tsp)                               --       --         16 
 
Product                                    Fat      Sat.      Sodium 
                                           (g)     fat (g)     (mg) 
 
HOT 
Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Swirl Latte (whole 
  milk)                                     7        4         110 
Dunkin' Donuts Dunkaccino        ...
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