Starbucks goes on a diet

Posted on Jan 3rd 2008 8:52AM by Bethany Sanders

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products, Nutrition & Supplements

Are you Starbucks-addicted and looking to trim down in the New Year? You might appreciate this news. In 2008, Starbucks will be offering a new skinny latte that's fat and sugar free. Grand total calories in a "tall"? 90, down from 400, for a white chocolate mocha latte.

I don't drink coffee, nor have I ever (gasp) been inside a Starbucks, but I have my vices and I know what it means to sacrifice tasty treats for better health. The new skinny may be an alternative for those who need their coffee fix, and if not, Diet-Blog has a few other options for making that coffee habit a little more diet-friendly.

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S.P. Gass 1-03-2008 @ 11:21AM

Sheetz gas stations now sell gourmet coffee for significantly less than Starbucks. You can also select skim or 2% milk there.

Grace 1-04-2008 @ 5:51PM

but honey, not everyone has a sheetz, but not everybody has a starbucks so does that really matters, i have only seen three sheetz in my entire life - like 3o4 million gazillion starbucks....

Vishaal 1-03-2008 @ 11:44AM

**GASP** is right!!!

Well, I NEVER get anything bigger than a tall. Grande and venti are outrageous. Also, I only get two things from Starbucks. I either get a tall coffee with soy milk, iced. OR I get a tall NON fat chai latte, hot or iced. They are a great treat and pretty low in calories, especially the coffee with soy and no sugar. I only get the coffee when I'm going clubbing though, to stay up, lol. The chai is a little higher in sugar, but since I don't eat too many sweets right now (resolution) I think it's sufficient.

Kel 1-04-2008 @ 4:38PM

if anyone had gone to their website they would have realized that you could have opted for non fat and sugar free before the "skinny latte" even came out. i love starbucks and go there at least once a week. i just got an email from starbucks(yes thats how much i love it) talking about the new drink and i laughed. I've been ordering the same thing for a couple months just by a different name!

Diana 1-07-2008 @ 8:45PM

sadly many people don't think to lighten up their drinks. I think mainly because they don't know how much sugar is in all of the syrup that goes into them! Hopefully advertising a lighter version of these high cal/fat/sugar drinks will help people make better choices! OR ************people could learn how to use a coffee pot and do it themselves! i never understood why a person would spend over $3/day for a lousy cup of coffee!************

V 1-08-2008 @ 12:57AM

I don't know where you get your starbucks from, but a majority of the lightening that is taking place now is going with Sugar Free syrups. That is the biggest part of the skinny. Starbucks did not start bringing out decent tasting flavors of sugar free syrup, you eventually get tired of Vanilla and the Hazelnut sucked...now they have Carmel, cinnamon and mocha which gives diabetics so many more options and allows us to have our treats too. And to those of you complaining about the price, then DON"T GO. What the heck. If the place is in business it must be because some people don't mind paying for their coffee, the only thing I wish is that they would not build right outside of other coffee shops as where I live we have a shop that does about 20 varieties of sugar free and I have a feeling the new starbucks out front will put them out of business.

halo 1-08-2008 @ 1:35AM

Thats the first thing I thought of when I read this....dummy, what's a fat free, sugar free latte then? :)

katie kins 1-09-2008 @ 1:39AM

since you people obviously do not go into starbucks.. the most for a cup of coffee is 2.00 (plus sales tax)
the drinks that cost upwards of 2 bucks are specialty drinks, if you go into a place like espresso royale, the cappuccinos and lattes are similar in price.. price gets raised up for heating the milk, the syrups added, and the bullshit from customers who didn't tell the dude at the register the right combination of their drink, so it holds up everyone else when the barista needs to make it over again.. wasting time and product.. if you want to know about it go and sit in a starbucks for a while and tally up the amount of waste produced from asshole customers. dont forget to factor in the cost to keep that barista smiling and friendly.

JudyGee 1-04-2008 @ 4:38PM

It's so expensive, I only do Starbucks once in a great while, but I love the mocha frappacino. What a treat, and a tall (I only get a tall) with whipped cream is just 280 calories. Not really a big deal when you figure it in to the daily calories, and make room for it. But, it is $4.17. Yipes!

lu 1-04-2008 @ 4:48PM

this is not new news! I have been drinking non fat sugar free vanilla lattes for a couple of years now. I know the length of the order for just naming it is ridiculous but I really love the way it tastes

El 1-04-2008 @ 4:53PM

well it's about time starbucks is offering nonfat & sugar free drinks. this should make alot of starbuck fans squeal with delight. i personally prefer coffee bean, almost all of their drinks can be made sugar free & nonfat.

rebecca 1-04-2008 @ 4:57PM

this isn't a "new drink" at starbucks. A skinny latte is just made with skim milk, which you have always been able to order, as well as the sugar-free syrups instead of regular. They might be adding the combo to the menu, but it's nothing they haven't had for a year or more already!

Karin 1-04-2008 @ 4:59PM

there is nothing new about this except what theyre calling it. in fact I have always ordered the nonfat latte (
"skinny latte") and sometimes with sugar-free vanilla syrup.

x-strbks 1-04-2008 @ 5:27PM

DUH! A skinny latte from Starbucks is not new. It's just a latte made with nonfat milk. Sugar-free means no flavoring added or a sugar-free flavor syrup is used. Wake up people! It's just a marketing gimmick. Also, talls are the smallest size so yes, lower in calories. Don't be so gullible, people.

getnbizzle 1-04-2008 @ 5:33PM

This is a publicity stunt. You've always been able to order a tall, nonfat latte at Starbucks, for as long as they have served nonfat milk! In fact, "skinny latte" is the term commonly used to order this drink! Now, have you heard about Starbucks' other new drinks? They're called the "gimme more money mocha" and the "we'll have the last laugh latte".

katie kins 1-09-2008 @ 1:14AM

actually. a 'skinny latte' is a european term for non fat milk. the starbucks 'skinny' is non fat, sugar free, no whip with foam. its is easier to say than 'nonfat sugar free no whip'. and it is also to promote the new sugar free mocha syrup that just came out.
and if you know anything about starbucks, you would also know that their stock is way way down. and has been going down the past year.

Sven 1-04-2008 @ 11:07PM

Lauren 1-04-2008 @ 5:49PM

The only new thing is they added more sugar-free syrup options. I guess they decided to rename an old drink with the guise of selling more. I asked one of the baristas a couple years ago why they didn't offer additional sugar-free syrups, especially since Davinci (their syrup company) offers about 100 sugar free options. Starbucks could basically make any of their drinks with sugar-free syrups. It's just not cost-effective. But, I'm glad they gave some of us a few more sugar-free syrup options.

Sharon 1-04-2008 @ 5:57PM

I would really like to see a sugar free chai option. I have been going to Bear Creek because you can get a sugar free fat free chai there.

wily 1-04-2008 @ 6:13PM

This is not a new drink. They keep making little changes trying to attract more customers. Starbucks needs to reinvent itself. It needs to change it's image. It's hard to steer a ship that is so big but it needs to be done because a shrinking middle class means a shrinking customer base. Stop selling mugs "made in china" with handles that fall off and start making a good cup of regular coffee. You will get more people in your stores so that you can sell them a $5.00 drink.

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