New Survey Reveal Dieter’s Coffee Shop Habits

March 20, 2014 - PRLog -- For non-dieters, tea is the preferred choice of drink with 46.6% of the vote. Part of coffee’s appeal is the belief amongst

The survey also found:

·      Of the High Street coffee chains 52% of dieters stated that they visited a Costa or Nero at least once a week

·      Costa was the dieters favourite coffee shop venue with 40.7% of votes, followed by Starbucks at 16% and Caffe Nero at 8%

·      24% chose a local independent coffee shop

·      Most popular dieters’ coffee size was a medium (Grande, Medio) with 50.5% over a small (Tall, Primo, Regular) with 32%

·      27% of dieters confessed to succumbing to temptation when buying drinks from in coffee shops – with favoured extras such as chocolate sprinkles, syrup, cream and sugar. However, 76% of dieters were aware of the effects these extras might have on their calorie intake.  Dieters’ most popular coffee extra was syrup with 9.6% followed by chocolate sprinkles 8.7% - however 74.5% of dieters don’t take sugar (compared to 60.5% of non-dieters).

Research indicated the importance of the Coffee Shop and coffee consumption to dieters - a place to get their caffeine fix and keep the diet pangs at bay.

However with 27% of dieters likely to be tempted with the extras on offer, it’s important dieters know what the calorie consequences of any decisions they make might be. To help there is the NEW Nutracheck Coffee Calorie Counter App (available FREE from the app store) which helps you custom-make your favourite drink and calculate the calorie count.

Choose your milk preference, cup size and any extras such as syrups, cream or sprinkles. In addition you can check coffee shop menus to find the lowest calorie or fat foods. The App lets you comprehensively compare the calorie content of different drink sizes from different coffee shops, and also see the effect of swapping options such as your milk choice from full fat to skinny.

Commenting on the results of the survey, Nutracheck expert nutritionist Janet Aylott says, “When it comes to your coffee treat, knowledge is power and Nutracheck’s coffee shop app puts all you need to know in the palm of your hand. You can indulge in the extras if you fancy – just make sure you log the additional calories in your food diary and don’t ignore them.”

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Additional Stats

·      Survey participants were 1,200 dieting and non-dieting members of the UK public

·      Dieters second favourite drink was tea with 39.5% and herbal/fruit tea with 5.9%.

·      Nero and Starbucks use semi skimmed milk as standard where as Costa uses whole milk

·      Starbucks drink in cup sizes are the largest

·      Nero has the most calorific cream

·      Nero and Costa have different drink in/take out cup sizes (taking out is larger) but Starbucks doesn’t, their drink in/take out cup sizes are the same

·      For dieters ‘drink in’ (61.2%) was favoured over ‘take out’ (19.4%) whilst for non-dieters take out was favoured 41.4% versus 34.2%

·      Swapping full sugar syrup for the sugar-free option could mean the difference between 4 and 80 calories per drink!

About Nutracheck

Coffee Calorie Counter App is the latest launch from Nutracheck.co.uk.

Nutracheck.co.uk (created by NutraTech Ltd) is an innovative, multi-award winning calorie counter and food diary website and App for weight loss. The Nutracheck App is the UK’s top grossing calorie counter in Apple’s App Store, and the service boasts the UK's widest food database (over 140,000 products) with unique picture search.

The Nutracheck service has been developed and perfected over nine years and is based on the tried and trusted food diary approach to weight loss and weight maintenance. It is accessed via subscription based membership, with the option to use the barcode scanning App alone, or get full access to unique and extensive digital weight loss ‘tools’ on the website as well. The website also includes a comprehensive digital recipe section, eating guides and members' forums.