Christmas.Seasonal drinks from high-street cafes like Starbucks and Costa contain a surprising amount of sugar.Caffe Nero’s mint choc chip hot chocolate contains a whopping 63g of sugar, which is equivalent to around 15 teaspoons of the sweet stuff.It’s also more than double the 30g allowance the NHS recommends you stick to per day.The festive hot chocolate also has 414 calories in each 473ml serving, which is almost a quarter of the recommended daily intake for women.It may comes as a surprise that it is more calorific than a McDonald’s cheeseburger, which is around 313kcals.Costa’s seasonal beverages can be equally bad for the waistline if they’re not consumed in moderation.The Terry’s Chocolate Orange winter warmer packs 379 calories.
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