The 11 Healthiest Starbucks Drinks You Can Order Right Now

Looking for a healthier drink option at Starbucks? This list has it all! These are all the healthiest drinks you can order at Starbucks, made with simple ingredients and naturally low in calories.

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Healthy Drinks at Starbucks

When it comes to ordering at Starbucks, it's easy to fall into the trap of accidentally ordering something packed with sugar, junky ingredients, or an insane amount of calories.

Save yourself the hassle of navigating the entire Starbucks menu and check out this list instead! Everything here is made primarily with clean ingredients and has under 150 calories, including all the healthiest coffee drinks, teas, and everything in between.

By the way, all the nutritional information here is for a tall size unless mentioned otherwise, and you can check out the Starbucks menu for a more detailed breakdown of each option.

1. Tea

Nutritional Info:

0 Calories
0g Fat
0g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
0g Protein

There's a delicious hot or iced tea option at Starbucks for everyone, including black tea, green tea, chai, matcha, and caffeine free herbal tea blends.

The only tea you might want to skip is the honey citrus mint tea, which comes with honey flavoring that contains additives. A healthier alternative is the iced green tea, blended with mint, lemongrass, and lemon verbena for a similar cool and citrusy finish.

2. Brewed Coffee

Nutritional Info:

5 Calories
0g Fat
0g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
1g Protein

There are a wide range of roast levels, single origin beans, and bean blends to choose from when it comes to Starbucks' brewed coffee. It's also available in decaf options and can be ordered iced.

3. Cold Brew Coffee

Nutritional Info:

5 Calories
0g Fat
0g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
0g Protein

Starbucks' cold brew coffee is made from their signature blend of beans, cold-steeped for 20 hours for a strong caffeine hit with a less bitter and acidic flavor. Smoothen it out with a splash of milk, but skip the sweet cream toppings if you're avoiding carrageenan.

4. Nitro Cold Brew

Nutritional Info:

5 Calories
0g Fat
0g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
0g Protein

Nitro cold brew is basically cold brew that's been infused with nitrogen for a naturally sweeter flavor, airy consistency, and a creamy foam top. Unlike regular cold brew, it's recommended to have this drink without milk as it can mess with the texture made by the infusion.

5. Americano

Nutritional Info:

10 Calories
0g Fat
1g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
1g Protein

If you prefer the stronger taste of espresso, a hot or iced Americano could be a better fit. It's made with just espresso shots and water and you can also get it with milk.

6. Espresso

Nutritional Info:

10 Calories
0g Fat
2g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
1g Protein

You can order a freshly pulled espresso made with Starbucks' signature espresso roast, blonde espresso roast, or decaf espresso roasts. It's available in solo up to quad sizes depending on how strong of a caffeine kick you're looking for.

7. Espresso Macchiato

Nutritional Info:

15 Calories
0g Fat
2g Carbs
0g Sugar
0g Fiber
1g Protein

If you like to balance your espresso with some creaminess, the espresso macchiato is a healthier option than an espresso con panna. Instead of the whipped cream on the con panna, which is thickened with carrageenan, a macchiato is made with a lush layer of milk foam and a dollop of steamed milk.

8. Iced Tea Lemonade

Nutritional Info:

35 Calories
0g Fat
9g Carbs
8g Sugar
0g Fiber
0g Protein

A splash of simple and classic lemonade transforms any of your favorite Starbucks teas into a lightly sweet and refreshing iced tea drink. Iced tea lemonade options include black tea, green tea, and matcha, as well as ones with added peach juice blend for a few calories more.

9. Iced Almond Milk Flat White

Nutritional Info:

44 Calories
1g Fat
7g Carbs
4g Sugar
1g Fiber
1g Protein

The flat white at Starbucks is made with just espresso and whole milk, but can get up to 170 calories for a tall because of the fat content. So if you're looking for something lighter, an almond milk flat white may be the best way to go.

Almond milk is one of the better non-dairy milk options to add to any Starbucks drink in terms of ingredients as, unlike their soy milk and oat milk, it has no carrageenan or synthetic additives.

10. Caffè Misto

Nutritional Info:

80 Calories
3g Fat
8g Carbs
8g Sugar
0g Fiber
5g Protein

Simple and satisfying, a caffè misto is a healthier alternative to coffee with creamer. It's a one-to-one combination of brewed coffee and steamed milk with a layer of milk foam to finish, resulting in a milky hot drink with a bit of natural sweetness.

11. Iced Shaken Espresso

Nutritional Info:

80 Calories
1.5g Fat
13g Carbs
11g Sugar
0g Fiber
3g Protein

This popular iced coffee option combines espresso shots with 2% milk and classic syrup. It's also commonly ordered with brown sugar syrup.

Starbucks' syrups are typically made with sugar, water, natural flavors, and citric acid, but have potassium sorbate as a preservative. It is synthetic but is generally considered a safe additive in moderate amounts, so you can always limit your drink to one or two pumps of syrup instead of the usual three or more.

12. Cappuccino

Nutritional Info:

100 Calories
4g Fat
10g Carbs
9g Sugar
0g Fiber
7g Protein

Another great option if you like your coffee creamy, a cappuccino is made with espresso under an extra thick layer of steamed milk foam. This is the one to get if you love a lot of frothed milk on your drinks.

13. Iced Cafè Latte

Nutritional Info:

100 Calories
3.5g Fat
10g Carbs
9g Sugar
0g Fiber
6g Protein

A hot caffè latte is made with just espresso, 2% milk, and milk foam while an iced caffè latte skips the milk foam in favor of ice and has about 50 calories less. Both options are a healthy drink choice made with just a handful of simple ingredients.

If you want to opt for a sweeter option like the blonde vanilla latte, order it with fewer pumps of syrup for less calories, sugar, and additives. you can also order it with sugar free vanilla syrup, though it's worth noting that all the sugar free syrup options contain sucralose, an artificial sweetener.

14. Refreshers

Nutritional Info:

110 Calories
0g Fat
27g Carbs
24g Sugar
1g Fiber
0g Protein

Starbucks has a pretty wide selection of refresher drinks, mainly the classic Strawberry Acai, Mango Dragonfruit, and Pineapple Passionfruit ones, plus their lemonade blended and frozen lemonade versions.

While they are high in sugar, at 24-33 grams of sugar for a tall size, they generally have clean and simple ingredients. These drinks are made of a combination of real fruit and vegetable juices, freeze-dried fruit, sugar, and green coffee extract for added caffeine. The coconut milk options, though, do have a small percentage of additives to look out for.

15. Chai Tea Latte

Nutritional Info, short:

120 Calories
2g Fat
22g Carbs
21g Sugar
0g Fiber
4g Protein

Unlike other tea and coffee lattes, the chai tea latte is made without any Starbucks syrup. All the sugar content comes from the sugar and honey in the natural chai tea concentrate. You can get it iced or hot, though I don't recommend going over a short as other sizes range from 190 to 310 calories.

16. Steamed Apple Juice

Nutritional Info, short:

120 Calories
0g Fat
30g Carbs
27g Sugar
0g Fiber
0g Protein

If you want something naturally sweet with no added sugar, syrup, or sugar free syrup, the steamed apple juice is a great pick. It's warming and sweet, made purely from real apple juice that's not from concentrate. That said, if you want to keep your calorie count low, avoid ordering above a short as it has 170-280 calories for other sizes.

17. Matcha Latte

Nutritional Info:

140 Calories
4g Fat
21g Carbs
20g Sugar
1g Fiber
7g Protein

Another delicious tea latte with no added syrup is the matcha latte. It can be ordered iced or hot and is made with just milk and matcha powder. It's worth noting though that the matcha blend Starbucks uses comes sweetened with sugar.