Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box

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 Cheese Trio Protein Box is over the US per-meal added sugar limit

Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box contains an estimated 20g of added sugar, 2.0 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.

Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box is high in sodium

Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box contains 710mg of sodium, 31% of the 2,300mg adult daily limit and 47% of the 1,500mg limit for a child aged 4 to 8. The FDA treats 20% of the Daily Value or more in one serving as high.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box

An estimated 20g of the 40g counts as added sugar, or about 5.0 teaspoons. The other 20g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• cane sugar in the olive oil & sea salt crackers
• sugar in the dried cranberries

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• fruit sugars in the dried apricots
• lactose in the sharp cheddar cheese
• lactose in the brie cheese
• lactose in the gouda cheese
• lactose in the olive oil & sea salt crackers
• fruit sugars in the dried cranberries

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 Cheese Trio Protein Box

Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box is built from 6 separately manufactured components. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains colours, preservatives and acidity regulators. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies Starbucks US Cheese Trio Protein Box 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 Cheese Trio Protein Box

The 11 manufactured ingredients

annatto, calcium chloride, folic acid, niacin, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium citrate, sulphur dioxide, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

The 18 raw ingredients

baking soda, cane sugar, cheese culture, cranberries, cultured lowfat milk, dried apricots, enzymes, expeller pressed canola oil, extra virgin olive oil, malted barley flour, pasteurized cultured milk and cream, pasteurized milk, penicillium candidum, salt, sea salt, sugar, sunflower oil, wheat flour.

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 Cheese Trio Protein Box

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 Cheese Trio Protein Box

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.