Starbucks Iced Coffee????

UticaBoy51
UticaBoy51 Posts: 344 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is iced coffee just cold coffee? I have been drinking it all summer and thought it was then I decided to look at the Starbucks web site and saw that unsweetend iced coffee has 49g of Carbs and 41g of Sugar. Could this be true? What the hell? OMG, I am so bummed I love this stuff. It's dead to me now.

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Is iced coffee just cold coffee? I have been drinking it all summer and thought it was then I decided to look at the Starbucks web site and saw that unsweetend iced coffee has 49g of Carbs and 41g of Sugar. Could this be true? What the hell? OMG, I am so bummed I love this stuff. It's dead to me now.
    Iced Tea is another one - an innocent sounding name attached to a soft drink with a bit of tea in it.

    http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/783efffe3fbc4cdc89f92e783fb95be1.pdf is the Starbucks nutrition pdf. There are some low calorie etc iced coffee drinks on there, so I guess it depends exactly what you bought. Ask them how it's made.
  • meganmorsey
    meganmorsey Posts: 75
    I drink Starbucks iced coffee with skim milk and splenda. The only calories come from the small amount of milk plus minimal calories for brewed coffee. If you just order an iced coffee, they'll put sugar syrup in it so you have to specifically ask for it either unsweetened or with a no calorie sweetener.
  • meganmorsey
    meganmorsey Posts: 75
    That's weird. I just went to the website and there is no change in the calorie/macros when you switch from sweetened to unsweetened. That's a mistake. Unsweetened iced coffee is simply cold, brewed coffee.
  • UticaBoy51
    UticaBoy51 Posts: 344 Member
    That's weird. I just went to the website and there is no change in the calorie/macros when you switch from sweetened to unsweetened. That's a mistake. Unsweetened iced coffee is simply cold, brewed coffee.
    That's what I thought but I am not so sure. I was alarmed at the sugar and carbs. I always get it unsweetened but the website suggests that it still has a ton of calories. I checked Calorie King and it was the same.
  • UticaBoy51
    UticaBoy51 Posts: 344 Member
    OK, I just called them and it is an issue on their website. Plain iced coffee is 0 cal 0 carb and 0 sugar. They said they are trying to fix their web site.
  • fierceangel1982
    fierceangel1982 Posts: 55
    I used to work at Starbucks and their Iced Coffee is just regular coffee brewed double strength and then served over ice. The website is definitely broken, I noticed for the Trenta size, the carbs and sugar amounts go up for unsweetened vs. sweetened. Any carbs and sugars would come from milk or sweetener added.
  • crayztrayz
    crayztrayz Posts: 4 Member
    I know this was posted a long time ago, but the website was not corrected and I just went through this mess......but I hope that they do fix it this time!!!
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