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  1. blank Paul Fassa says:

    Four solid reasons to avoid Starbucks
    Undoubtedly, Starbucks is a coffee Kingpin, which boasts the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, with 23,187 stores in 64 countries, and annual sales of $14.9 billion, while CEO Howard Schultz is worth a
    whooping $1.6 billion.
    Although statistically impressive at first glance, an important question remains: are Starbucks food and beverage offerings high quality and healthy?

    1. blank Layla Rose says:

      The food isn’t so bad, as the ingredients lists are there. Not the highest quality “healthy” but definitely better than a lot of crap that you can get elsewhere.

  2. I am not going to defend Starbucks for the ingredients they use in their products, but I think this article is hypocritical. Why did Paul Fassa choose to write this article about Starbucks when many of these exact same claims can be made about almost every item sold at a restaurant or item in the grocery store. I don’t think Fassa can write a credible article while ignoring other food items sold to the modern consumer.

    1. blank Paul Fassa says:

      Well Guest 1 – Starbucks is very big internationally and their Pumpkin Spice Latte is very seasonal for October. It’s impossible to cite other products in one 600 word article, but I’m working on a book that will. Others have focused on this as well if you peak at the sources embedded in the text. BTW – why is this such a big deal to you that you would bother commenting?

  3. You can make pumpkin spice or buy it in grocery stores and it doesn’t contain pumpkin either. It’s not supposed to. It’s the spices that make pumpkin pie taste like pumpkin pie. So you can take away #3.

    1. blank Paul Fassa says:

      I agree Bevi about the pumpkin spices — If I were to make this latte at home, I would use primarily organic spices. However, Starbucks does not merely make their drink with a pumpkin spice mixture, instead they use a “pumpkin sauce,” which is an artifically flavored syrup concoction minus any real pumpkin anything and HFCS. Here’s what’s in the sauce: SUGAR, CONDENSED NONFAT MILK, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ANNATO (FOR
      COLOR), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CARAMEL COLOR, SALT, POTASSIUM
      SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).
      The pumpkin analogy is flawed IMO. Although, the spices make PUMPKIN pie taste like pumpkin pie; there is pumpkin in the pie. CHEERS!

      1. blank Layla Rose says:

        Why do they even bother adding preservatives to stuff like this? It’s barely even food, also usually in a very tightly sealed container.

  4. Can I ask you, Paul, why you can’t bother to check your spelling before writing articles? It’s espresso, not “expresso,” and it’s caramel, not “carmel.”

    1. blank Alisa Pearcy Miller says:

      Caramel, carmel whatever! Who cares.

  5. blank Layla Rose says:

    I just read how much sugar is in my fave Starbuck’s beverage: the white chocolate mocha latte. Wow! I don’t really like to consume stuff w/artificial flavors. I sometimes trick myself into being OK with it if I don’t actaully know & can’t read. Hey I try, but I’m not perfect. But Startbuck’s coffee is pretty expensive so it’s such a rare treat.
    I did come up with a way to make my own flavored coffee at home using organic coffee. I’ve only managed to do cinnamon so far. But if you add cinnamon to the coffee maker w/your coffee, brew it like you normally would & voila, natural cinnamon coffee.

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