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Starbucks is the latest chain to try to jump on the no-trans fats bandwagon, trying to demonstrate to customers how much they care about health and nutrition. Starting this week, approximately half of the stores in the US, including those in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Oregon, will have zero trans fats on their menus.
The company says that they have been planning the switch for two years now and that their nationally distributed pastries, primarily seasonal items like the Gingerbread loaf cake, are already trans-fat free. The rest of their pastries are baked by regional bakeries, which Starbucks contracts to provide pastries for their stores. These pastries vary from region to region, as do the recipes for them, so not every supplier has yet made a switch, but Starbucks seems to anticipate that it will not be long before they do.
So, if you're not located in one of the aforementioned areas of the country, does that mean you need to worry about trans fats at Starbucks? Not where drinks are concerned. According to the nutritional information on their website, very few of their drink products contain trans fats and those that do have only a very minimal amount. The pastries, on the other hand, vary widely by region, but judging from a random sampling of regional nutritional data (offered by zip code on the Starbucks website) your best bet will be a muffin or loaf cake if you want to minimize your trans-fat intake without cutting out pastries all together, at least until your area is declared trans-fat free, too.
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1-11-2007 @12:59AM Charity said... Why is everyone so worried about this?? Frankly, I don't see why it is that people allow themselves to be told what to eat and what not to eat. Let each person decide for themselves what they will and will not consume. Let us have our choices as we should.
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1-11-2007 @1:11AM Frank Felly said... STARBUCKS RULES!!!!
I didn't know how good coffee flavored drinks could taste until I tasted their iced drinks. Their snacks are great too.
Fantastic!! Thanks Starbucks for helping us stay healthy.
Frank
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1-11-2007 @1:30AM Jeannie said... I do not care for Starbucks coffee at all. I tried it a couple times thinking it was just old coffee at the time that I got it and at different locations. Giving Starbuck's the benefit of doubt sorry, it did not change my mind. I think your coffee is very bitter and leaves like a burnt taste in your mouth after drinking it no matter even if it's just been made and no matter what you put in it. There's is no help. Good for you I guess about your trans-fat idea.Your doing something right. It would be nice to see you change the type of coffee beans that you buy.I hope you have changed also the fact that your decaf coffee is really decaf now!!
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1-11-2007 @2:05AM Michele said... I LOVE Starbucks. I don't smoke or drink liquor, it's my only VICE lol
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1-12-2007 @10:45PM Jeannie said... Dear Starbuck's,
I would like to know why you removed my comment to you when I recieved confirmation that you recieved it. Then I had to click on to a sight on an email that you sent me to have it post just like everyone else's. I went back to see if it was there just 1/2 hr ago and it is no longer showing. How come? Thank you..
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1-11-2007 @2:46AM Jeannie said... Sorry, I forgot. Maybe you removed mine comment becacuse mine was a very negative one. There are other coffee shops that make better coffee!!
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1-11-2007 @3:25AM Frostie said... $ 3-5.00 for a cup of coffee and we are thanking them for something !
You should have seen them on the Discovery channel - surprised the Board of Health didnt get to them already.
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1-11-2007 @3:25AM Frostie said... $ 3-5.00 for a cup of coffee and we are thanking them for something !
You should have seen them on the Discovery channel - surprised the Board of Health didnt get to them already.
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1-11-2007 @3:28AM Frostie said... $ 3-5.00 for a cup of coffee and we are thanking them for something !
You should have seen them on the Discovery channel - surprised the Board of Health didnt get to them already.
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1-11-2007 @3:24AM Frostie said... $ 3-5.00 for a cup of coffee and we are thanking them for something !
You should have seen them on the Discovery channel - surprised the Board of Health didnt get to them already.
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1-11-2007 @3:27AM Gail said... I really feel like our right to decide on our own choices in life is being taken away. They should have some healthy and some not so healthy treats for people who want them. I think what New York City is doing is wrong also. Like with smoking, whether right or wrong, if we want a fatty muffin or cookie, it should be our choice what we eat!
Gail Neuman RNC
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1-11-2007 @4:01AM Carmen Karston said... I`ve been reading Moby Dick and finally understand how the socially responsible Starbucks Coffee Shops got the name; I know the story of the founder, from Sixty Minutes. One person said the settings are sterile; not so in my town. A wellness doctor buddy of mine goes there to catch up on back reading; I usually see someone interesting there. A place is no more sterile than the people who are there. . . .Am glad the cinnamon latte is back, and love all the pumpkin stuff. . . Our Starbucks food is from Whole Foods, no complaints there.
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1-11-2007 @10:52PM CoffeeCraze said... Yes, starbucks is the best and will always be. Can't think of my day without one!! Whoever says their coffee sucks, are the people who doesn't know the real taste of real coffee.
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1-11-2007 @5:46AM Scott said... I am glad that Starbuck's is doing this,but what I fail to understand is why Au Bon Pain gets so little credit. They were transfat free 2 years ago, when there was no fanfare, other than not causing a heart attack or two.
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1-11-2007 @6:13AM Charlie, (the Amazing Northwestern Man) said... Always the greasy goodies with not a thing that won't turn a piece of paper to solid grease stain. What took so long... I have been complaining for at least 6 years or so. You just couldn't find anything super sweet and greasy. Now, thats not really Northwest. Pressured into it I'm sure.
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