Bustle says that when you take a sip of this current cultural phenomenon, you’ll likely get the flavor profile of pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, milk, and espresso. “Pumpkin itself is healthy. Cinnamon and nutmeg are fine. But pumpkin spice lattes are about sugar,” Katie Ferraro, a dietitian, nutrition consultant, and assistant clinical professor of nutrition at the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of San Diego, toldHealthline.
Kim Yawitz, a registered dietitian, told Verywell Healththat a 16-ounce PSL at Starbucks (also known as a “Grande”) contains 390 calories and an eye-opening 50 grams of sugar. This is twice the recommended daily sugar intake by the American Heart Association. You shouldn’t eat a PSL every once in a while. “Most people don’t have room in their calorie budgets for a pumpkin spice latte,” Ferrero told Healthline. “Think of it like an ice cream sundae. It’s a sometime food, a dessert food.”