Title: Drink Starbucks? Wake Up And Smell The Chemicals!
Headings: Drink Starbucks? Wake Up And Smell The Chemicals!
Drink Starbucks? Wake Up And Smell The Chemicals!
The fact that it doesn’t contain pumpkin is the least of my worries.
One of my main concerns from the very beginning was their use of class IV caramel coloring.
All this changed last week after the Food Babe Army spoke up.
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Content: Starbucks needs to offer organic milk
Business Insider, “Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Doesn’t Contain Real Pumpkin, And People Are Freaking Out”
Philly.com, “ There’s no pumpkin in Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte”
Medical Daily, “Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Uses Carcinogens In Its Caramel And GMO-Laden Cow Milk”
While all of this coverage was nothing short of amazing, much of it centered on how this drink doesn’t contain any pumpkin. The fact that it doesn’t contain pumpkin is the least of my worries. I have been investigating Starbucks for a while and wrote my first blog post about them over two years ago (in 2012): “ Top 5 Ways To Get Sabotaged at Starbucks “, in which I revealed the not so “real” ingredients in some of their food and drinks, including: Caramel Coloring (Class IV)
Pesticides
Carrageenan
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Refined Flours
Chemically Derived Sugars
Preservatives
Growth Hormone (in food products)
Azodicarbonamide
Genetically Modified Ingredients (GMOs)
Inflammatory Oils
At the time, obtaining this information was a daunting task. It took several emails and repeated visits to Starbucks locations to finally nail down the complete list of ingredients in their flavored coffee, espresso drinks and frappuccinos. To this day, Starbucks still does not publish their drink ingredients online or in their stores. One of my main concerns from the very beginning was their use of class IV caramel coloring. Following all of the attention that my 2012 investigation received and after a national TV appearance discussing their ingredients, the Starbucks PR team reached out to me and invited me to their corporate offices in Seattle to discuss my concerns. I was pleased about this opportunity to begin an open dialogue with them that could lead to improving the quality of their products.