When Light Means Fat.

During a recent trip to Washington state, I picked up some cans of Starbucks™ iced coffees: Iced Coffee Italian Roast and DoubleShot® Light. I was surprised to find that the one labelled "light" was the higher fat choice.

Here's the calorie breakdown:

Iced Coffee, Italian Roast

serving size: 325 ml (11 fl oz)
total calories: 100
total fat: 1 g
calories from fat: 10 (10%)
calories per ml: 0.31

Double Shot®, Light

serving size: 192 ml (6.5 fl oz)
total calories: 70
total fat: 4 g
calories from fat: 35 (50%)
calories per ml: 0.36

Compare to

Double Shot®, Regular

serving size: 192 ml (6.5 fl oz)
total calories: 140
total fat: 6 g
calories from fat: 54 (39%)
calories per ml: 0.73

Home made iced coffee (4 fl oz brewed coffee plus 4 fl oz whole milk)

serving size 340 ml (8 fl oz)
total calories: 120
total fat: 4 g
calories from fat: 35 (29%)
calories per ml: 0.35

Maybe I should just stick to black coffee. Hmm.