Figures from Starbucks UK Nutrition & Allergen Guide, Autumn 2026 , collected by Boone
Cool Lime Starbucks Refresha Drink (Grande), as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Cool Lime Starbucks Refresha Drink (Grande) as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one drink, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 15.3g is 51% of an adult’s daily 30g in one drink.
Lower free sugarClassic Shaken Iced Green Tea (Venti) →0g free sugar (0%), 0 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 0% for an adult to 0% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 15.3g is 81% of the day’s 19g limit.
Already the lowest in salt of its section on the menu.
For age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 15.3g is 64% of the day’s 24g limit.
Already the lowest in salt of its section on the menu.
For age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 15.3g is 51% of the day’s 30g limit.
Already the lowest in salt of its section on the menu.
Protein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 0% of the adult limit.
0.2g of protein, #364 on the menu. Per calorie the Iced Caramel Protein Americano (Tall) gives more: 16.6g per 100 kcal against 0.3g.
Most protein per calorieIced Caramel Protein Americano (Tall) →16.3g protein in 98 kcalHere the 0mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
16.1g of carbohydrate, with 1% 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 1059 Starbucks items.
More protein per calorie than 4% of the 1059 items on the menu.
Starbucks does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this drink is less healthy: it scores 5, 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 #76 of 209 on the menu for this score (lower is better).
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →10 ingredients across 4 parts; 3 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Iced Caramelised Macadamia Oat Shaken Espresso (Tall, Almond Milk) 1.4g protein, 0.1g salt60
Iced Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso (Tall, Almond Milk) 0.9g protein, 0.1g salt61
Strawberry Acai Starbucks Refresha Drink (Tall) 0.3g protein, 0g salt62
Iced Toasted Vanilla Oat Shaken Espresso (Tall, Almond Milk) 1.4g protein, 0.1g salt63
Cool Lime Starbucks Refresha Drink (Grande) 0.2g protein, 0g salt69
Very Berry Starbucks Refresha Drink (Tall) 0.6g protein, 0g salt74
Mango Dragonfruit Starbucks Refresha Drink (Tall) 0.4g protein, 0g salt76Iced Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso (Tall, Soya Milk) 4g protein, 0.1g salt7969 kcal as published. 69 kcal is 3% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 0% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 81% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item.
15.6g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 15.3g of it is free sugar: 3.8 teaspoons and 51% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum. The other 0.3g is naturally occurring and does not count.
0.2g, 0.3g per 100 kcal. It ranks #364 of 390 items on the menu for protein. The Iced Caramel Protein Americano (Tall) gives the most protein for the calories, 16.6g per 100 kcal.
5 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.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes colours and flavourings.
As published, none of the 14 major allergens are declared as ingredients.
Source. Starbucks UK Nutrition & Allergen Guide, Autumn 2026 , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Starbucks’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.
