Do flavored k-cups have calories?

st476
st476 Posts: 357 Member
edited December 3 in Food and Nutrition
I'm thinking about buying the Dunkin Donuts chocolate glazed donut flavored k cups. When I scanned the barcode in store, it said 2 calories. Is that true? I read somewhere that the flavored ones have calories (as in a lot more than 2). Just want to make sure :) Thanks!

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I buy flavored beans from speciality coffee stores. I did try to see once if they had extra calories but from what I gather, no. Or at least not any to worry about.

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    If they have any significant calories, it will be stated on the label and from something cream or sugar based
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Probably 2-5 calories, very negligible. They don't have many calories because they don't contain any sugar. Flavored coffee might contain a bit of fat(oil from the bean) but its a very small amount.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    A flavored coffee drink that you get at a shop like Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks typically gets the flavoring from a syrup which adds calories.

    Flavored coffee in a k-cup or bagged ground coffee has a tiny number of calories as @DancingMoosie says.

    ~Lyssa
  • Hyperbum
    Hyperbum Posts: 93 Member
    I have some Donut Shop sweet and creamy kcups that run 80 cals each.
  • shanahz
    shanahz Posts: 261 Member
    Most of the k-cups I have are 5 calories or less. I did buy one that ended up having 30 calories per cup.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,645 Member
    If the package doesn't list calories, it's less than 5 per serving. You could always play it safe and quick add 4 calories if you want.
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    If the label says 0 calories, that means it must contain less than 5 calories. That being said, most k-cup coffees are fine. However, the ones that say "cappuccino" or "latte" on them contain sugar, cream, etc. and do contain calories.
  • questionfear
    questionfear Posts: 527 Member
    Flavored bean coffee usually doesn't actually have syrups. They usually toss powdered flavoring or artificial flavors on the beans, so that's why the calorie count is so low.

    I remember when I worked for Borders and we used to do all sorts of weird drip coffee flavors like Blueberry (and all the various christmas holiday flavors). We had to send a cup of plain rice through the grinder afterwards, otherwise everything we ground tasted like the flavored stuff, because the damn powder/oils would stick to the grinder.

    (Also, ugh, writing this post i am having flashbacks to the smell of blueberry coffee beans-it's not pretty.)
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    Some K-cups have sugar/cream added and taste like the horrible cappuccinos you can get from 7-11 or gas station machines. Those definitely have calories. Just flavored coffee grounds like those DD ones are going to be basically like plain coffee in terms of calories.
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