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Starbucks Reduced Fat Egg, Cheddar and Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich

Starbucks Reduced-Fat Breakfast SandwichStarbucks is notorious for their ridiculously high calorie snacks and baked goods that beckon you from a glass case while you innocently order your Tall Skinny Latte. I'm usually pretty good at fending off those temptations, but recently I decided to give in when I glanced over and found the words "reduced-fat" not once, but twice in the name of one of their creations. The Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon, Cholesterol-Free Egg, Reduced-Fat White Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich is as almost as much of a mouthful to say as the majority of Starbucks' drinks!

When I first unwrapped it, I was a little disappointed with its appearance. It didn't really look like what I remembered seeing in the glass case. In fact, it was much more egg-dominated than the name suggests. It is served warm ("oven-toasted") on a multigrain English muffin but ven after taking a few bites, the bacon was hard to find. The cheese, however, was gooey and had a strong flavor, which is uncommon in a reduced-fat cheese. While I'm not a huge fan of egg, I actually enjoyed the cheese/egg combo, possibly because the hearty English muffin balanced out the eggy flavor. Although there wasn't nearly enough turkey bacon, I enjoyed this sandwich and it filled me up for longer than my usual cereal and soymilk breakfast preference.

After I got home, I was a little scared to check the nutritional information on the Starbucks website. Since I was prepared for the worst, I wasn't shocked when I found out that this sandwich has 350 calories, 11 grams of total fat (17% of the RDA), 4 grams of saturated fat (20% of the RDA) ,32% of the RDA for sodium (810 mg), 20 grams of protein and 41 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 3 grams of fiber (12% of the RDA). That's 50 more calories and 11 grams more carbohydrates than a McDonalds Egg McMuffin. Yes, the Starbucks version may taste better, but this isn't the kind of breakfast you want to make a habit out of.

I got this sandwich for $2.95, which actually isn't that bad for Starbucks, but they better rethink this sandwich a little to improve the nutrition facts because Dunkin Donuts Egg White Flatbread Sandwich has much better nutrition facts - with 280 calories, 6 grams of total fat and 2.5 grams of saturated fat, but it's also high in sodium as well.

Rating
Taste: 3
Nutrition: 2
Price: 4
Overall: 3
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4 Comments

I don't understand why Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, McDonalds, et al need to put so much sodium into their products. Can't they leave most of it out and just offer salt packets so customers can season their foods to their own taste?

HAHAHA.. I love when people complain about "fast food" if calories were really such a big deal(fat content) why eat out in the first place?? Also did you ever consider removing the cheese??? You save 100+ calories right there as well as 7 grams of fat!

I have TRIED to get it without cheese TWICE, and both times the barista left it in....

MollyP: because their foods are pre-packaged and may spend several days or weeks "on the shelves", so to speak. Therefore, they infuse these products with excess sodium to try and keep them as fresh as can be by the time they are ultimately purchased by customers.

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