Seattle's Best Coffee is a chain of 30,000 coffee houses. Their drink menu provides the usual coffee alternatives from lattes to mochas, frozen drinks, along with non-fat and low fat coffee drinks. Calorie content is provided at the outlet, as well as on their website, for their desserts and food items as well. Nutritional information review shows that the chain offers low calorie and low fat drink options as well as the higher calorie sweetened coffee drinks. The nutritional information is calculated by ESHA Genesis software and based on the U.S. Daily Values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Size and Calories
Seattle's Best Coffee serves drinks from the size of 6-oz to 24-oz. The larger drinks are the frozen drinks, for instance the Chocolate Javakula. Their basic cup of coffee is served in a 6-oz cup and contains five calories and no carbs, fats or proteins. The calories range from five for a basic cup of drip coffee to over 600.
Vitamins
The coffee drinks contain small amounts of vitamins A, vitamin C, calcium and iron. Those with the highest amounts of calcium contain the highest amount of milk, for instance, the whole milk latte, or the soy milk latte, which both offer 45 to 50 percent of the U.S. Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Types of Lattes
A latte made from a shot of espresso blended with steamed milk. The milk can be either whole, skim or non-fat. The calorie range for lattes at Seattle's Best ranges from 90 to 240 calories. The basic latte from Seattle's Best is served in a 16 oz cup. The product contains 130 calories and 5g of fat.
Thirteen grams of protein and 19g of carbs round out the nutrient content. They also serve a Small Skim Latte, which contains 90 calories in an 8 oz cup. There are 14g of carbs, 9g of protein and zero fat. The medium non-fat latte is served in a 16 oz sup and has 110 calories, 17g of carbs, 11g of protein and zero calories.
Types of Mocha and Chocolate Drinks
Mocha drinks are made with coffee, chocolate syrup and milk. The calorie range of mocha drinks at Seattle's Best goes from 290 to 460 for the large soy milk mocha with whipped cream. The basic mocha drink at Seattle's Best is served with whipped cream and contains 350 calories with 17g of fat, 41 carbs and 9g of protein. The non-fat version, also served with whipped cream, contains 290 calories, 111g of fat, 42 grams of carbs and 9g of protein. The same chocolate used in mochas is also used in their hot chocolate.
Highest Calorie Drinks
One of the highest calorie drinks at Seattle's Best Coffee is the Chocolate Javakula, With 500 calories in a 24 oz cup, the drink also serves up 9g of fat, 98 carbs add 7g of protein. This is a frozen drink. The highest calorie warm drink is the whole milk mocha with whipped cream and a flavored syrup added, which adds up to 660 calories.
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