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Milk vs a Plain latte

lightandflight
lightandflight Posts: 28
edited February 24 in Food and Nutrition
When I logged 1/2 cup of milk for breakfast it said there were 6 carbs and 0 sugars. Then when I logged an unsweetened latte as a snack, it said there were 18 carbs and 17 sugars. Obviously these have different amounts of liquid, but I would expect either the milk to have "sugar" or the latte to have no sugar, since its just streamed milk and 2 shots of espresso. What is going on here?

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  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
    A latte is a shot or two of espresso plus milk. If you order a tall latte from SBux, it's 12oz. About 10oz is milk. That's 2.5x te milk as your 1/2c serving...
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Milk has lactose in it which is a disaccharide comprised of galactose and glucose. Lactose is classified as sugar. Unless you're diabetic, it doesn't matter. Just keep track of the carbs, don't worry whether or not it's a sugar.
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