{"id":1013,"date":"2013-10-01T10:06:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T14:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2025-02-06T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:45:39","slug":"spice-up-your-life-with-pumpkin-spice-lattes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/spice-up-your-life-with-pumpkin-spice-lattes\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Up Your Life with Pumpkin Spice Lattes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people wait for fall because of the cooler weather, but other people love it because it&#8217;s when pumpkin spice lattes are available. There are two chains that offer, what most people say, to be the best of the pumpkin spiced lattes: Starbucks and Dunkin&#8217; Donuts. Which is better though? And what do you care about? Do you just want a tasty drink or would you rather have something healthier? Let&#8217;s compare the two company&#8217;s take on the pumpkin spice latte.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Nutritional information for a 16-ounce latte made with 2% milk:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Starbucks (standard includes the whipped cream):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>380 calories<\/li>\n<li>13 grams of fat<\/li>\n<li>49 grams of sugar<\/li>\n<li>14 grams of protein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Starbucks (without whipped cream):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>310 calories<\/li>\n<li>6g of fat<\/li>\n<li>47g of sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dunkin&#8217; Donuts (standard does not include whipped cream):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>340 calories<\/li>\n<li>9 grams of fat<\/li>\n<li>51 grams of sugar<\/li>\n<li>12 grams of protein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>With skim milk, the calorie count drops down to 260 calories, for each.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Starbucks&#8217; pumpkin spice latte tends to be somewhat bitter and strong.<\/em> The whipped cream is really the only sweet part about it. If you are an avid coffee\/espresso drinker then you would prefer Starbucks&#8217; stronger coffee taste. This version also tastes more like an actual pumpkin pie, which is the main reason most people order these pumpkin-flavored coffees.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dunkin&#8217; Donuts&#8217; pumpkin spice latte is foamy, creamy and rich.<\/em> It has more vibrant flavors of spice, but they take over and mask the coffee taste. Dunkin&#8217; also drizzles caramel on top making it even sweeter than Starbucks&#8217;. Dunkin&#8217; Donuts&#8217; latte tends to have a more &#8216;artificial&#8217; pumpkin flavor and is much more sugary, by taste and content.<\/p>\n<p>For either one, the healthier choice would be to have it made with skim milk and no whipped cream. If you&#8217;re only concerned about flavor and not getting the healthiest drink, base it on this: for a stronger coffee taste, go with Starbucks; for a more sugary, creamier drink, go with Dunkin&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years pumpkin spice coffees have been gaining more and more popularity. Starbucks and Dunkin&#8217; Donuts are the top runners, but which one is best for your waistline?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8971,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions\/8971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalwellness.com\/nwupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}