Figures from Costa UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Matcha Latte (Large, Soya Milk), as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Matcha Latte (Large, Soya Milk) as published, seen four ways.
0 of 3 limits are over 30% in one hot drink, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Nothing here passes 30% of an adult’s daily limits in one hot drink.
Lower free sugarMellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) →0g free sugar (0%), 6 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 6% for an adult to 12% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 8.9g is 47% 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: 8.9g is 37% 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: 8.9g is 30% 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 6% of the adult limit.
12g of protein, #48 on the menu. Per calorie the High Protein Iced Latte (Medium) gives more: 11.7g per 100 kcal against 7.7g.
Most protein per calorieHigh Protein Iced Latte (Medium) →23g protein in 197 kcalHere the 140mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
11g of carbohydrate, with 39% 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 95% 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 1, 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 #91 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.
Hot Chocolate Babyccino - with Marshmallow (Soya Milk) 4.5g protein, 0.23g salt151
Caramel Macchiato (Medium) 11g protein, 0.37g salt153
Chai Latte (Small) 8.8g protein, 0.29g salt154
Hot Chocolate Babyccino - with Marshmallow 4.7g protein, 0.24g salt155
Matcha Latte (Large, Soya Milk) 12g protein, 0.35g salt156
Cappuccino (Large, Soya Milk) 12g protein, 0.42g salt157
White Hot Chocolate (Small, Coconut Milk) 4.5g protein, 0.31g salt158
Cherry Vanilla Matcha (Small, Oat Milk) 1.7g protein, 0.22g salt159156 kcal as published. 156 kcal is 8% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 12% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 47% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Mellow Mango with Zinc (Medium) has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
8.9g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 8.9g of it is free sugar: 2.2 teaspoons and 30% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
12g, 7.7g per 100 kcal. It ranks #48 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, soya.
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.
