So I saw this commercial for McDonald’s new iced coffees last night on TV. I try to ignore TV ads on principle—even if I could tolerate Pepsi, Justin Timberlake is NOT going to talk me into running out and buying a six-pack.

But this coffee ad interested me, for whatever reason, to the point that on the way to the office from the dentist’s this afternoon, I drove through a Midlothian Turnpike McDonald’s. The iced coffee is available in regular, hazelnut and vanilla. Thinking the latter two might be too sweet, I ordered regular.

Oh. My. Gosh. If you saw me speeding, weaving in and out of traffic around 3:30 today, all I can say is that Mickey D’s new iced coffees—even the “regular”—are CHOCK-full of sugar. Yikes. (Yeah, I know, I hope my dentist isn’t reading this, either.)

So you know I went straight to http://www.mcdonalds.com to check it out. First, I’d like to congratulate the company for burying its nutrition info so deep that I practically ended up with carpal tunnel from all the clicking. But at last—success!—or maybe not, because this is something I did not need to know: My large, regular iced coffee has—are you sitting down?—280 calories and 100 fat calories (11 grams). In comparison, a small burger has 250 calories and 80 fat calories (9 grams).  Oh, and the vanilla and hazelnut coffees have 10 fewer calories! Same amount of fat.

D’oh! No wonder the nutrition stats were 6 feet under. Maybe McD’s has a sugarless version. If not ... uh, cup of water, please? 

Posted by Cynthia McMullen in • Entertainment • Television • Lifestyle • Dining • Life in Richmond
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