Beware of that coffee you are ordering
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THE two best-known coffee chains are selling drinks with more than 100 per cent of the recommended intake of sugar or saturated fat - and 800 times the kilojoules of a long black - but customers have no idea because both are failing in their policies for providing dietary information.
The revelations come as international research that shows daily consumption of any of nearly 100 menu items sold by Gloria Jeans and Starbucks can lead to gaining almost 10kg a year.
Worryingly, the most decadent of the new wave of cold, cream-laden chocolate and coffee concoctions contains four times the energy researchers say may cause such a weight increase.
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