Least Process Winner: The winner for the least processed breakfast sandwich with the shortest whole food ingredient list is the Roasted Ham, Swiss, and Egg Sandwich. The orange underlined ingredients are preservatives and additives that on their own aren’t bad, but not something I recommend consuming every day all day. The black underlined ingredients are highly processed food additives that do provide nutritional value, but aren’t things I recognize as items I would cook within my own home. Wrap , Egg White Omelet , Spinach, Feta Cheese , Sun Dried Tomato Cream Cheese Spread , Tomato Blend This is where my beloved feta wrap fails so miserably: So, as a general rule of thumb, if my Grandma wouldn’t recognize the ingredient list, I don’t eat it. All those extra chemicals and fillers require the liver to work hard to filter that crap out. I try to minimize the ingredients in my diet that don’t serve a nutritive purpose. These are approved by the FDA as generally recognized as safe (GRAS), but to me, that means very little given the fact that trans fat also had a GRAS status for way too many years. Preservatives and additives in food are chemicals that provide no nutritional value to us, but extend the shelf life of food. Whole Grains Winner: The only sandwich that uses predominately whole grains is the Starbucks Spinach Feta Wrap. You are also missing out on the fiber and protein that would have come from having whole grains. Unfortunately, fortified vitamins are not as absorbable as they would have been from the whole food source. The words you see underlined above are vitamins and minerals that are lost in the refining process, so the government mandates they are added back in to prevent deficiencies in the population. Refined flour acts similar to sugar in the body, even if it isn’t listed in the ingredient list. In general, we see that most of the Starbucks breakfast sandwiches are made with white refined flour instead of whole grains. (Keep in mind ingredients are always listed from most to least.)īelow are the ingredients from the Starbucks website for the artisan roll (bolded ingredients are the types of flours): At least don’t eat it every day.Įach sandwich is different, but in general, we see a few reoccurring themes: I tell my clients if your grandma wouldn’t know what it is, don’t eat it. The ingredients in your food are more important than the calorie and macro breakdown. In general, I look at two things when it comes to deciding if a packaged food item is “healthy,” the ingredient list, and the macro/calorie breakdown. That’s the question that many of my clients ask me when I suggest changing out their usual baked goods and coffee with a breakfast sandwich and modifying their coffee order. I love it so much that I made my own copycat version.īut, are Starbucks breakfast sandwiches healthy? If you’ve been following along on the blog for a while or following on Insta ( you probably already know that the Starbucks feta wrap is one of my favorite on the go breakfast options. Wondering if Starbucks Breakfast Sandwiches are as healthy as they are convenient? Starbucks Breakfast Sandwiches broken down by ingredients and macros!
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