Figures from Costa UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Iced Latte (Small), as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Iced Latte (Small) as published, seen four ways.
0 of 3 limits are over 30% in one drink, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Nothing here passes 30% of an adult’s daily limits in one drink.
Lower saturated fatJasmine and Hibiscus Iced Tea (Medium) →0g saturated fat (0%), 103 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 4% for an adult to 8% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 0.25g is 8% of the day’s 3g limit in one drink.
Lower-salt swapJasmine and Hibiscus Iced Tea (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 0.25g is 5% of the day’s 5g limit in one drink.
Lower-salt swapJasmine and Hibiscus Iced Tea (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 0.25g is 4% of the day’s 6g limit in one drink.
Lower-salt swapJasmine and Hibiscus Iced Tea (Medium) →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 10% of the adult limit.
6.9g of protein, #168 on the menu. Per calorie the High Protein Iced Latte (Medium) gives more: 11.7g per 100 kcal against 7.5g.
Most protein per calorieHigh Protein Iced Latte (Medium) →23g protein in 197 kcalHere the 100mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
10g of carbohydrate, with 30% 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 93% 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 drink is not less healthy: it scores -1, below 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 #6 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.
Iced Latte (Medium, Coconut Milk) 4.3g protein, 0.3g salt87
Iced Cappuccino (Large, Coconut Milk) 6.4g protein, 0.31g salt88Iced Cappuccino (Medium, Oat Milk) 4.5g protein, 0.25g salt88
Iced Oat Velvetino (Medium, Oat Milk) 1.2g protein, 0.16g salt91Iced Latte (Small) 6.9g protein, 0.25g salt92
Strawberry, Watermelon & Mint Refresher (Small) 0.5g protein, 0.03g salt95
Dragon Fruit & Guava Refresher (Small) 0.5g protein, 0.03g salt95
Iced Chai Latte (Small, Coconut Milk) 2.6g protein, 0.19g salt9592 kcal as published. 92 kcal is 5% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 8% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 0% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Jasmine and Hibiscus Iced Tea (Medium) has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
8.3g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 0g of it is free sugar: 0.0 teaspoons and 0% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum. The other 8.3g is naturally occurring and does not count.
6.9g, 7.5g per 100 kcal. It ranks #168 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.
-1 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, milk.
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.
