{
  "id": 15811912,
  "title": "Americans are putting more additives—and calories—in their coffee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/americans-are-putting-more-additives-and-calories-in-their-coffee",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T22:20:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-americans-additives-calories-coffee.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "From 2003 to 2018, the average amount of coffee consumed by U.S. adults remained relatively constant at around 384 milliliters per day. However, the calorie content of coffee and its additives increased significantly, rising from 43 to 60 kilocalories per day. The primary driver of this calorie increase was the growing consumption of nondairy creamer, which surpassed both sugar and dairy milk as the largest source of coffee-related calories by 2018. This shift in coffee additives has raised concerns about the potential health impacts of consuming higher levels of saturated fat and added sugars.",
  "summary": "While Americans have been drinking roughly the same amount of coffee over recent years, the calories in those cups have increased thanks primarily to the addition of nondairy creamer, according to a new study from researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.",
  "key_points": [
    "Average U.S. coffee consumption stable at 384 ml/day from 2003-2018",
    "Calorie content of coffee and additives increased from 43 to 60 kcal/day",
    "Nondairy creamer became largest source of coffee calories by 2018"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}