The latte coffee drink has won recognition all over the world. It is sometimes confused with whitened coffee. Or rather, not his name, but the name. But there is a strict recipe according to which this cocktail is prepared, with the help of specialists from coffee shops, restaurants, and on coffee machines at home. However, the calorie content of a latte can vary significantly.
The energy value of the drink is directly related to milk:
- its quality;
- fat content;
- additives (sweeteners, syrups, fillers);
- volumes.
In the article we will provide information about calories in lattes and how they are calculated.
Calculating the energy component of a latte
There are no standard volumes for the cocktail. It is prepared for dishes of different sizes. 120-480 ml. For a cappuccino, a dairy product is heated and then turned into foam. In a latte, the milk component is used in the entire serving size, with not very tight, loose foam.
The classic latte variation is espresso with the addition of whipped milk ingredient.
If you are preparing a macchiato, then pour milk into a cup or glass, and then add espresso in a thin stream. The calories remain the same in both the first method and the second.
How to reduce damage to your figure
You can adjust the calorie content of latte coffee per 100 grams if you prepare it yourself. Coffee-milkshake lovers can use one of the techniques to reduce the energy value of the drink:
- use dietary dairy products;
- do not use syrups;
- add less sugar.
Changing the proportions will entail a change in taste. If you don’t want to make your favorite drink less caloric, it’s better to limit yourself to a small cup.
Calculating the calorie content of a latte
Coffee contains 1 to 2 kcal calories. If large glasses contain a double or triple shot of espresso (60, 90 grams), there will be 2 kcal. This is an insignificant figure if we take a person’s entire daily diet and its energy value.
Institutions and coffee shops are content with a milk component of 2.5% standard, mass fat content.
It produces foam, and its taste is neither watery nor too greasy. And such cocktails contain 52 kcal per 100 ml.
A latte is prepared with a dairy product and the result is:
- 120 ml contains 90 ml of milk, energy value 47 kcal;
- 180 ml -120 ml, 62;
- 240 ml – 180 ml, 94;
- 450 ml – 340 ml, 177.
Coffee establishments prepare cocktails that differ in milk fat content. In homemade cocktails, the caloric content is also different:
- in packaged, 100 grams of skim milk, there are 34 kcal.
- 1.5% - 44 kcal;
- ordinary - 2.5% - 52%;
- purchased in a store - 3.2% - 58;
- fat 3.5% – 61;
- whole – 64;
- soybean 0.1% - 28;
- soy 0.6% -43.
If you want to know how high the calorie content of a latte is, and how many kilocalories you will get by preparing your glass of latte, then divide the number of kcal by 100 and multiply by the volume of glassware used.
Secrets and life hacks for cooking
Coconut milk is a rather difficult product to use, so preparation and storage can sometimes be difficult. Perhaps our useful tips will help you:
How to make coconut milk
Let's consider two cooking options: from fresh nuts and from dry concentrate:
- From fresh nuts:
- Take a coconut.
- Drill a hole and drain the juice.
- Open the nut and remove the white pulp.
- Place in a blender and fill 2/3 with water, blend until smooth.
- Strain and pour into a container, or better yet, pack into freezer bags.
From dry powder:
- Pour 2 tablespoons of coconut milk powder into 100 ml of water, blend with a blender, and strain.
How to Choose Coconut Milk for Your Coffee
It is best to consume freshly prepared coconut milk. This means that if you choose prepared foods, choose ones that are not sweet or pasteurized. As far as possible, buy a product without added sugar, sweeteners or preservatives.
When buying a canned product, make sure that the packaging does not contain the “BPA” mark. Bisphenol-A or (BPA) is often used in canning jars as an lining, but studies have shown that it causes certain health problems if it gets into food. If you make fresh milk, use it the same day it is extracted or freeze it because it spoils very quickly.
How to cook without coconut milk curdling in coffee?
Plant milk curdles at high temperatures, so it should not be boiled. You can and should reheat, but control the temperature. It should be warm, but not too hot. It cannot be added to a Turkish drink, or poured into a drink in a French press, as you can do with a cow product.
What to do if the milk has thickened?
When stored in the refrigerator, the jar may contain not liquid, but a thick white mass. In principle, it can be used this way, but if you need liquid, open the jar and place it in hot water, which should cover 2/3 of the jar. Stir, the mass will melt after a while. It is better to melt everything to homogenize the structure and then store it properly.
The secret to storing coconut milk
In the refrigerator, the mixture often separates, freezes, and, in general, is not stored for long when opened. Experienced users recommend pouring the liquid product into ice bags or ice containers and storing it in the freezer, taking out a couple of cubes per serving.
Ice coffee is perfect with coconut milk cubes: water will not dilute the taste. Well, in hot espresso the cube melts quickly, and then you can stir the drink with a mixer or whisk, if necessary.
Coffee sweet drink
With the most delicate foam and creamy taste, this cocktail is simply mesmerizing. And it is impossible to refuse it, especially for the fair sex. Even if you’re on a diet, after it’s over, your favorite morning milk and sweets, albeit not every day, but once a week, are an undoubted attribute of your mood for the whole day. You can count calories and think about compensating for sweetness.
Basically, they use 2.5% milk. If in tsp. up to 8 grams of sugar, that’s up to 30 kcal.
- A glass of 120 ml - 47 kcal, with 1 teaspoon - 77 kcal, with two - 107 kcal.
- 180 ml – 62 kcal, 1 tsp. – 92, with 2 – tsp. – 122 kcal.
- 240 ml – 94, with 1 tsp. 124, with 2 – 154 kcal.
- 450 – 177 – with 1 tsp. – 207, with 2 tsp. – 237 kcal.
Syrups can add 35 – 40 kcal per 10 ml. Then do the math for yourself.
Menu for diet
While on a diet, you can only drink a latte that you prepare yourself (preferably using a coffee machine, but you can use whole coffee beans), without adding sugar or syrups. Only skim or 2.5% fat milk is used.
This drink, unlike natural coffee without additives, is not the basis of mono-diets or fasting days, but is included in the diet for consumption in the morning or as a snack, since it perfectly dulls the feeling of hunger and gives the body the energy necessary for work and sports.
Diet rules:
- The diet includes only low-calorie foods, such as low-starch vegetables and fruits, fermented milk products, cereals, lean meats, fish and poultry.
- It is prohibited to consume fatty foods, confectionery, sugar, carbonated drinks, smoked sausages and fast food.
- Latte for a diet is prepared only independently from whole coffee beans with the addition of medium-fat (2.5%) milk. Lattes from Starbucks or McDonald's should not be used on a diet due to the large amount of sweet ingredients they contain.
- You should drink a coffee drink in the morning (for breakfast) or as a snack, no more than 3 times a day. Latte is prepared without the use of syrups, ice cream, or sugar. For taste, you can add cinnamon or nutmeg.
- In addition to latte, during the diet you should drink at least 1.5 liters of mineral (non-carbonated) water and green tea.
You should stick to the diet for at least 7 days. If well tolerated, it is allowed to extend the diet up to 10-14 days.
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In a week of such a diet you can lose from 3 to 5 kg.
According to traditional Italian rules for "spotted drink":
- Served in tall transparent glasses through which the layers of milk, coffee and foam are clearly visible. First, the milk mixture is poured into the glass, then coffee is added carefully so as not to damage the layer. The last thing to lay out is loose creamy foam.
- A latte is prepared from roasted coffee beans and high-fat milk, whipped with a cappuccino maker in a special metal jug.
- The syrup should be poured in a thin stream until foam is applied, since it should settle at the bottom of the glass.
- The foam for a latte should be loose and not fluffy, so it is made from milk, not cream, unlike cappuccino. You can decorate it with cocoa powder, chocolate chips or cinnamon. Drawings on foam are allowed.
- The drink must be served with a long, wide straw and brown lump sugar.
Unlike cappuccino, whose calorie content is significantly higher than that of latte due to the large amount of cream added. Latte is prepared strictly without sugar from full-fat milk, added before, and not after (as in cappuccino) pouring in the coffee.
Latte foam should be loose, without large bubbles, which is especially welcome in cappuccino. The drink is given a special originality by the ornament created on the surface of the foam, decorated with cinnamon, nutmeg or chocolate inclusions.
Calorie content of bagged latte
This is a sweet dry powder. It contains dry milk extract and flavoring. Some manufacturers add components that look like foam, but of course, this is far from the original. A natural, freshly prepared coffee cocktail cannot be compared in any way.
Packets containing sweeteners, concentrated milk solids and unsaturated flavors. And to increase the sweetness of the drink, sugar is added and the calorie content increases.
It’s easy to calculate how many calories a latte contains in such a serving. The nutritional value will not change whether you drink from a large cup or a small one. As you know, soluble components are not absorbed by the body, but are deposited. And then the figure suffers.
Feeding features
It is worth noting that it is best to use special glasses to serve latte coffee; they are called Irish glasses; these containers best convey the wonderful aroma of the drink and demonstrate an attractive appearance.
Through the transparent walls of the glasses you can see the harmonious combination of coffee and milk. Making latte coffee is not difficult, but the main thing is to use it correctly, remember that the drink is served and drunk warm, when all the ingredients have not yet lost their rich aroma.
To summarize all of the above
- In medium latte cups, without adding sweeteners, you will get 62 - 94 kcal.
- Energy components depend on the amount of milk product, including its fat content.
- Sweets together with syrups provoke an increase in the value of energy components: 1 tsp. sugar, about 30 kcal. The syrup is about 40 kcal.
- A latte made from coffee aggregates is approximately similar in energy value to a conventionally prepared one. If you are thoroughly concerned with counting calories, then it is better to skip this option.
- Coffee shops offer large portions of lattes with additives. This is approximately 250 -280 kcal, not counting sweeteners.
We offer you a variety of coffees with added milk
There are many of them, choose to your liking:
- Latte coffee has the highest milk content in espresso, ¼ of the volume or two shots per serving of brewed coffee.
- Cappuccino contains equal amounts of milk and espresso.
- Macchiato with a thin layer of milk foam and espresso coffee.
- Latte macchiato – layers of milk and milk foam.
- Mocha - a combination of chocolate, milk, milk foam, espresso.
- Flat white, an Australian drink, contains espresso and a small amount of steamed milk.
- Brauner, the Austrian version, has a lot of milk and a little coffee.
- The French cafe oh-le also has a lot of milk and little coffee.
- Brave milk and cream are added to espresso.
- Honey raffe, honey is added as the first layer, then espresso, and frothed milk completes the composition
Kinds
Latte without sugar (the calorie content of the drink when using 2.5% milk is no more than 93 kcal) is a popular coffee drink in Europe. Unlike cappuccino, latte according to the classic recipe is prepared from 1 portion of espresso (30-50 ml) and 4 portions of milk, as a result of which the drink has a pleasant sweetish creamy milky taste and low strength.
In modern coffee shops, a variation is more common, in which 80 ml of espresso (2 servings) and 4 servings of milk (120-150 ml) are used. This drink has a strong strength and is suitable for lovers of coffee and milk mixtures, decorated with abundant foam.
When preparing, coffee is poured into the whipped, loose milk foam in a thin stream, then syrup is added if desired and decorated with cinnamon or chocolate chips.
There are several types of milk-coffee drink:
- Cinnamon, in which cinnamon powder or stick is added to decorate the foam;
- With syrups. Syrups add sweetness to the latte and are added to the glass before foaming the milk. Vanilla, caramel, and nut syrups are best suited for this drink. It is not advisable to take fruit ones, as they can cause fermentation of the milk mixture.
- Vanilla. Prepare with the addition of a vanilla bean (or vanillin) when whipping the milk mixture.
- Caramel. Requires the use of caramel syrup or caramel added to the whipped milk.
- With ice cream. A traditional recipe in which an additional scoop of vanilla ice cream is added to the coffee and milk mixture.
- Autumn. A fashionable option used for Halloween. Consists of adding pumpkin puree to the drink for decoration.
- Black latte. A recipe developed by nutritionists and requiring a replacement for coffee 1 tab. activated carbon.
How many calories are in a latte from common brands that sell milkshakes?
- A 480 ml cup of Starbucks caramel contains 250 kcal.
- 480 - Starbucks nut -190.
- 360 - McDonald's - 140.
- 480 - McDonald's - 210.
- 250 - in the classic Coffee House - 111.
- 250 - in low-fat Coffee House -73.
- 360 — vanilla coffee Bean -210.
- 480 - classic Bean coffee -260.
- 330 - in Coffeemania - 156.
- 450 - in Coffeemania - 218.
- 400 - in Shokoladnitsa - 220.
- 320 - in Shokoladnitsa light -125.
If life without coffee is not sweet, and you want to eliminate the calories you consume, then reduce the amount of sugar and additives. Of course, you can only use the best option, which does not contain many calories. This is a simple espresso. But sometimes you want something tasty. Therefore, the choice is yours.
