Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

Nutrition figures are Starbucks US published data for one standard serving as sold. Starbucks publishes total sugar only, so added sugar is a Boone estimate. Boone converts the figures to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin is over the US per-meal added sugar limit

Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin contains an estimated 25g of added sugar, 2.5 times the 10g per-meal limit in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The same guidelines recommend no added sugar at all for children aged 10 and under.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

An estimated 25g of the 27g counts as added sugar, or about 6.2 teaspoons. The other 2g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• dextrose and sugar

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• fruit sugars in the blueberries
• lactose in the buttermilk
• lactose in the butter
• lactose in the whey

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030: no more than 10g of added sugar per meal from age 11 and none for children aged 10 and under. FDA Daily Value: 50g a day. Starbucks publishes total sugar only. This recipe contains both added sugar and fruit or dairy, so Boone estimates the naturally occurring share from the fruit or dairy in the recipe and counts the rest as added.

Processing and additives: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains corn syrups and industrial sugars, emulsifiers, thickeners and gums, flavourings, acidity regulators and phosphates and mineral salts. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin as NOVA group 4, ultra-processed, based on the additives named above. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. A group 4 food is not automatically unhealthy, and a group 1 food is not automatically healthy. Read from the published ingredient list, October 2026.

Ingredient count: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

The 14 manufactured ingredients

cellulose gum, citric acid, dextrose, folic acid, mono and diglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavors, niacin, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium acid pyrophosphate, soy lecithin, thiamine mononitrate, xanthan gum.

The 14 raw ingredients

bacterial culture, baking soda, blueberries, cinnamon, cream, dry buttermilk, eggs, nonfat milk, salt, soybean oil, sugar, water, wheat flour, whey.

What those ingredients are, by type

Boone counts every distinct named ingredient on Starbucks’ published ingredient list, including sub-ingredients, and removes duplicates, so salt appearing in three components counts once. Raw covers whole foods and basic kitchen staples such as flour, milk, sugar, salt and oil. Manufactured covers substances that only exist as an output of industrial processing. Every figure here is a minimum.

Ingredients by component: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

Ingredients taken from the Starbucks US menu at starbucks.com, retrieved October 2026, for the standard recipe. Recipes change, so always check in store before ordering if you have an allergy.

Allergen information: Starbucks US Blueberry Streusel Muffin

Contains = declared in the Starbucks US allergen statement for this item or named in its ingredient list. Starbucks stores handle and warm food on shared equipment, so no item can be guaranteed allergen free. UK rules also require barley, oats, mustard, celery and sulphites to be declared; these are shown where the ingredient list or allergen statement names them. Retrieved October 2026.