How do you drink your coffee? Black? Splash of milk? Maybe that coffee-mate your office so kindly keeps near the coffee maker for you? At my office we have one of those Flavia machines that brews each cup specially for you. So friendly I know. At any rate, as I was waiting on my coffee to make itself, I noticed the assorted coffee-mate tubs and powders next to the machine. Looking at the ingredients was quite interesting!
All of the following information is directly from Nestle’s Coffee-Mate Site (for the US).
Ingredients in the Original Coffee-Mate Powder:
CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COCONUT OR PALM KERNEL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN), SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, AND LESS THAN 2% OF DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE (MODERATES COFFEE ACIDITY), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES (PREVENTS OIL SEPARATION), SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO COLOR.
Ingredients in the Original Coffee-Mate Liquid:
WATER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, BETA- CAROTENE COLOR.
And just in case you were thinking the Fat-Free Versions must be better, well look at this, Original Fat-Free Liquid:
WATER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL**, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)***, COLOR ADDED, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CARRAGEENAN, SALT, BETA-CAROTENE COLOR.
So try and stay away from those non-dairy creamers, adding corn syrup and palm oil to your coffee doesn’t sound like a great way to start your morning!
