Saturday, June 23, 2012

Welcome to STARBUCKS, may I take your order?? AND PULSE???

Well, I went to Starbucks for a meeting the other day and picked up their "nutritional value" pamphlet. Thought I would share some of the highest caloric and lowest caloric eats and treats... Here you go.

Top 5 WORST items to choose based on sugar and calories:


1. reduced-fat banana chic. chip coffee cake  
51 grams of sugar and 390 calories (cals from fat 60 and 500 mg of sodium!)
2. iced lemon poundcake
47 grams of sugar and 490 calories (cals from fat 200 and 520 mg of sodium!)
3. banana walnut bread
46 grams of sugar and 490 calories (cals from fat 170 and 210 mg sodium!)
4. pumpkin scone
43 grams of sugar and 480 calories (cals from fat 150 and 280 mg sodium!)
5. portland classic coffee cake
42 grams of sugar and 480 calories (cals from fat 160 and 260 mg sodium!)


Top 5 least of all the evils... I'm not going to say "good"... but better

1. (From the category Oven-toasted breakfast items)
REDUCED-FAT TURKEY,BACON, EGG WHITE AND WHITE CHEDDAR BREAKFAST SANDWICH
6 grams of sugar and 320 calories. (cals from fat 60 and wayyy too much sodium 700... ice and cringe)

2. (From the category brownies, cookies and bars)
LEMON SWEET SQUARE
12 grams of sugar and 120 calories (cals from fat 50 and 35 grams sodium)

3. (From the category croissants, bagels and breads)
PLAIN BAGEL
8 grams of sugar and 300 calories (cals from fat 10 and 460 mg sodium..ughhhhh)

4. (From the category doughnuts, sweet rolls and danishes)
BIRTHDAY CAKE MINI DOUGHNUT
10 grams of sugar and 130 calories (cals from fat 50 and 140 mg sodium)

5. (From the category muffins and scones)
PETITE VANILLA BEAN SCONE
10 grams of sugar and 140 calories (cals from fat 45 and 90 mg sodium)

FOR MORE INFO GO TO www.starbucks.com/menu.

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