Your afternoon coffee break a bit caloric?

[Gifted Gourmet]

Frappucino fattening ??

Hoping to appeal to more calorie-conscious coffee drinkers, Starbucks on Wednesday will launch "light" versions of its Frappuccino drinks, made with lower-fat milk and artificial sweeteners. A 12-ounce serving of the new light drink will have 110 calories and 1 gram of fat, compared with 190 calories and 2.5 grams of fat for the regular version.

The Seattle-based chain of coffee shops also plans to stock stores with brochures detailing nutritional information about all their drinks. The same data has been available on Starbucks' Web site for about a year.

Carl Sibilski, an analyst with Morningstar in Chicago, said he has not seen any evidence that sales of the higher-calorie Frappuccinos are down. The move to offer light drinks follows an industry trend toward more healthy foods, which could expand Starbucks' customer base, he said.

Some people automatically assume their coffees have few calories .. add a little milk, a little half-and-half, sugar and the totals rise dramatically ...