Figures from Costa UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Hot Chocolate (Small, Oat Milk), as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Hot Chocolate (Small, Oat Milk) as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one hot drink, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 20g is 67% of an adult’s daily 30g in one hot drink.
Lower free sugarMellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) →0g free sugar (0%), 6 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 7% for an adult to 14% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 20g is 105% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapMellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 20g is 83% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapMellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 20g is 67% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapMellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 8% of the adult limit.
3.2g of protein, #382 on the menu. Per calorie the High Protein Iced Latte (Medium) gives more: 11.7g per 100 kcal against 1.4g.
Most protein per calorieHigh Protein Iced Latte (Medium) →23g protein in 197 kcalHere the 164mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
31g of carbohydrate, with 33% of the energy from fat.
Natural sugars in milk, fruit and veg don’t count. NHS →
For smaller portions: the most nutrition per calorie, against all 551 Costa Coffee items.
More protein per calorie than 24% of the 551 items on the menu.
Costa Coffee does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this hot drink is less healthy: it scores 9, above the line of 1.
Higher is less healthy; 1 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model. How the score works →
Joint #395 of 551 on the menu for this score (lower is better).
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →UK law does not require one for food made to order or sold loose, so Boone cannot count the ingredients or list the additives. Allergens are listed above, as published by Costa Coffee. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Cherry Vanilla Matcha (Medium, Oat Milk) 2.4g protein, 0.3g salt218
Mocha (Small, Oat Milk) 3.8g protein, 0.43g salt218
Spanish Latte (Small, Oat Milk) 3.9g protein, 0.36g salt220Latte (Large, Oat Milk) 4g protein, 0.53g salt220
Hot Chocolate (Small, Oat Milk) 3.2g protein, 0.41g salt221Spanish Latte (Medium, Coconut Milk) 7g protein, 0.39g salt222
Maple Hazel Latte (Small, Coconut Milk) 4.1g protein, 0.33g salt224Signature Latte (Large, Oat Milk) 4g protein, 0.55g salt224221 kcal as published. 221 kcal is 11% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 14% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 105% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Mellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
20g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 20g of it is free sugar: 5.0 teaspoons and 67% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
3.2g, 1.4g per 100 kcal. It ranks #382 of 551 items on the menu for protein. The High Protein Iced Latte (Medium) gives the most protein for the calories, 11.7g per 100 kcal.
9 on the UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018, calculated by Boone per 100g. Scores run from -20 to 40, and the higher the score, the less healthy the model rates the food. Foods scoring 1 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model.
As published, oats. Wheat, rye, barley and milk may be present.
Source. Costa UK nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Costa Coffee’s published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.
Calculated by Boone. Labelled where it appears.
Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.
