Starbucks "skinny": when did this happen? I'm poisoned!!

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When did "skinny" stop meaning "skim milk" and start meaning skim milk AND sugar-free ? I usually get drip coffee, but the grinder was broken, so I got a "skinny mocha". The damn thing was disgusting, and a bit of googling led me to the realization that saying skinny got me sugar free chocolate syrup. 

To make matters worse, the starbucks website has a blank where the nutriton info is supposed to be, so I can't tell what kind of artificial sweetener I accidentally consumed. If it's aspartame, I'll be throwing up soon. ARRGGH!!!

Anybody know when this happened, and/or what kind of sweetener they use?
thanks.

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A Skinny Latte means low fat or nonfat steamed milk and espresso. 

Mocha means chocolate. Did you think "skinny mocha" meant that it would be low fat but still have sugar in the flavoring? That seems to defeat the meaning of 'skinny'.

The store should have offered you an Americano for the same price as a drip until they got their grinder up and running. 

You must have only taken one sip to realize the 'disgusting' flavor but were not able to walk back to the store ask and still were able to get to their website, this website and were able to tweet. Can't you get to a phone and call any Starbucks store to ask what is the sweetener?

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AFIK, their "skinny" beverages have always been skim milk and sugar free syrup.

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The Starbucks "Sugar Free" syrups use Splenda (same with Torani and DaVinci)

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When I emailed them a few years ago, they said their syrups contained Splenda and acesulfame K. 

Skinny always include sugar free syrup and skim milk.

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I recently ordered a "skim vanilla latte" and got sugar free syrup. It was vile. The barista was nice enough to remake it for me, but now I always specify that I do not want the sugar free syrup.

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I remember quite well that anywhere else in the world if you explicitly say nonfat, it means nonfat milk/"skinny" can mean different to each server. It is never implied anything else. Sugars/sweeteners, you add. I'd rather do it myself, I feel, if I'm that particular. I'll do it myself. No?

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Skinny vanilla latte would be sugar-free syrup, but skinny mocha is just nonfat milk.

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OMG! They will put Splenda in your drink without telling you!!!! I react to it (my 
fingertips go numb--weird!) I think it's the sucralose, because dextrose is in practically everything and I don't react to it.) I avoid artificial sweeteners, so Starbucks is the only place I've ever had this reaction.

So I was angry to finally figure out what was going on. A lot of their drinks are too sweet IMO, and seeing them put several pumps of the "base" in it, I have tried politely asking for "Only 1 pump of sugar" or "Only 1 pump of base" or "half the sugar" or "no base please" or "not too sweet please." In ALL cases, they substituted the "sugar-free" base on me WITHOUT INFORMING ME OR ASKING ME IF IT'S OK!!!

BTW, the "sugar-free" base actually tastes WAY sweeter than the plain sugar, and dextrose is not safe for diabetics--glycemic index near 100, same as straight glucose.

THIS IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL and it has happened across at least 5 different Starbucks, so it's not just some fluke.

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So add some sugar.

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This is cracking me up!! I cannot believe everyone has the time to worry over things like this. All businesses use marketing ploys....hello??!! That is just like questioning why fast food restaurants do not put the same condiments on their double cheeseburgers even though they all call them the same thing.

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Skinny also means no whipped cream. Just order what you want. Ask what the options are. Then just order what you want.

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Skinny ? Low fat ? No fat ? Total BS

The “war on saturated fat” has been a miserable failure.

It was initially based on flawed studies, but somehow became public policy (with disastrous consequences).

The worst part is… the governments and health organizations have yet to change their position despite overwhelming evidence that they’ve been wrong all along.

Actually, saturated fat doesn’t really raise LDL that much. The effect is weak and inconsistent and appears to depend on the individual.

When saturated fat does affect LDL, it changes the particles from small, dense (very, very bad) to Large LDL, which is mostly benign.

Saturated fat also raises HDL cholesterol, which is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.

If anything, saturated fats actually improve the lipid profile, NOT the other way around.

In the past few years, many massive studies have examined the link between saturated fat and heart disease risk.

One of these studies included 347,747 participants and looked at data from 21 studies. The conclusion: there is no evidence that saturated fat increases the risk of heart disease.

Many other studies confirm these findings. Saturated fat is harmless.

The truth is… saturated fat never has been and never will be proven to cause heart disease, because it simply isn’t true.

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I wouldn't worry about it...

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Ingredients
Nonfat Milk, Brewed Espresso, Skinny Mocha Sauce [Water, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Natural And Artificial Flavors, Arabic Gum, Sucralose, Carrageenan, Xanthan Gum, Salt].

Bittersweet skinny mocha sauce, espresso and steamed non-fat milk are lightly topped with foam. Sip on the lighter side of sweet.

See http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/skinny-mocha

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They use sucralose as the sweetener.

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