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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 8.28.09
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<br>Both Starbucks and Jamba Juice are now offering a SLEW of healthy food 
<br>choices. And not just breakfast foods, either. There are salads, flatbreads, 
<br>wraps, and more. Check out what's worth it and what's not...   
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<br>  Starbucks Dark Cherry Yogurt Parfait
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<br>PER SERVING (one parfait): 320 calories, 5g fat, 140mg sodium, 58g carbs, 
<br>2g fiber, 40g sugars, 11g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 6* 
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<br>This parfait ROCKS! It has creamy fat-free cherry yogurt, real sweet dark 
<br>cherries, and almond-coconut granola (in its own cute little container). The 
<br>taste and texture are great. The best part is how the crunchy granola tastes 
<br>like the "toasted almond" coating on those Good Humor ice cream bars we 
<br>ate (and loved!) as kids. This is a terrific grab & go breakfast/brunch option 
<br>from The 'Bucks. Yum! (Heads up! 320 calories may be a tad high for a 
<br>snack, so we recommend this as a meal or mini meal.)
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Worth it!
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<br> Starbucks Marshmallow Dream Bar
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<br>PER SERVING (one bar): 210 calories, 4g fat, 250mg sodium, 43g carbs, 0g 
<br>fiber, 15g sugars, 1g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 5* 
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<br>Wow is this thing delicious!!! It's crispy, buttery-tasting, light, marshmallowy, 
<br>and completely yummy! It doesn't have fiber or any real nutritional value to 
<br>speak of, but you can certainly do a lot worse when it comes to indulgent 
<br>snacking. So during a sweets-craving moment, grab this and an iced coffee 
<br>(with some nonfat milk and no-calorie sweetener!), and you've got yourself a 
<br>satisfying 230-calorie-or-so snack. WE LOVE THIS!!!
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<br>HG Bottom Line: SO worth it!
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<br>  Starbucks Apple Bran Muffin with Omega-3s
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<br>PER SERVING (one muffin): 350 calories, 9g fat, 520mg sodium, 64g carbs, 
<br>7g fiber, 34g sugars, 6g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 7* 
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<br>This muffin tastes like winter holidays. It really does. But quite honestly, it's 
<br>not worth 350 calories. Think about it: You could have three and a half 
<br>VitaTops (or three and a half of the small VitaMuffins) or this ONE muffin. 
<br>We'd opt for the Vitas every time. It's not that this is a bad muffin. In fact, it 
<br>tastes pretty nice, especially if you like cinnamon and clove. But it's not large 
<br>or filling enough to work its way into our lives. Sorry, Apple Bran Muffin with 
<br>Omega-3s!
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Not worth it!
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<br> Starbucks Farmer's Market Salad
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<br>PER SERVING (one salad with dressing): 300 calories, 20g fat, 350mg 
<br>sodium, 24g carbs, 4g fiber, 16g sugars, 8g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 7* 
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<br>PER SERVING (one salad without dressing): 220 calories, 12g fat, sodium 
<br>n.a., 22g carbs, 4g fiber, sugars n.a., 8g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 5*
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<br>Nice work here, Starbucks. Thanks for a creative (and fairly large!) salad, 
<br>complete with dressing on the side. People, if you like blue cheese crumbles, 
<br>dried cranberries, and apples, you'll dig this. But it's not really satisfying 
<br>enough to be eaten as a full meal. In a perfect world, every Starbucks would 
<br>also sell 4-oz. skinless chicken breasts right in its little food case -- add one 
<br>of those, and this would be the perfect lunch. For now, you may have to eat 
<br>it along with a little something else. Or skip the dressing and consider it a 
<br>snack.
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Worth it... Sorta.
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<br>  Jamba Juice California Flatbreads
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<br>PER SERVING (one flatbread): 250 - 330 calories, 8 - 13g fat, 520 - 700mg 
<br>sodium, 35 - 44g carbs, 2 - 6g fiber, 3 - 4g sugars, 10 - 17g protein -- 
<br>POINTS&reg; value 5 - 7* 
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<br>These so-called "Flatbreads" should be called "Puff Pizzas," because that's 
<br>pretty much what they are. But the biggest issue we have with these things is 
<br>that they're super-teeny-tiny! There are four varieties: Tomo Artichoko, 
<br>Smokehouse Chicken, MediterraneYUM, and Four Cheesy. They all taste 
<br>pretty decent/borderline good, but they're WAY too high in calories for their 
<br>size. To improve these, the Jamba crew would have to flatten out the bread 
<br>and make 'em bigger and a little crispier. But for now, we're not going to be 
<br>partaking in these Flatbreads. 
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Not worth it!
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<br> Jamba Juice Gobble'licious Sandwich
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<br>PER SERVING (one sandwich with dijonnaise): 570 calories, 28g fat, 1410mg 
<br>sodium, 49g carbs, 2g fiber, 7g sugars, 28g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 13* 
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<br>PER SERVING (one sandwich without dijonnaise): 420 calories, 14g fat, 
<br>1310mg sodium, 47g carbs, 2g fiber, 6g sugars, 28g protein -- POINTS&reg; 
<br>value 9*
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<br>Everyone here agrees that this sandwich tastes FANTASTIC! The focaccia 
<br>bread is AWESOME (as long as you like rosemary) and the turkey is fresh. 
<br>With all that flavor, there's really no need for dressing or sauce. It's a great 
<br>size and worth the 400-calorie+ price tag. But an extra 150 calories and 14g 
<br>fat for dijonnaise is WAY too much, so definitely ditch that stuff immediately. 
<br>Again, this one got "yums up" pretty much across the board -- but could its 
<br>super-Hungry-Girl-ish name be coloring our opinions?!
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Worth it... but ditch the fatty mustard-mayo sauce!
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<br>  Jamba Juice Chimichurri Chicken Wrap
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<br>PER SERVING (one wrap with sauce): 560 calories, 25g fat, 770mg sodium, 
<br>67g carbs, 3g fiber, 5g sugars, 22g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 13* 
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<br>PER SERVING (one wrap without sauce): 410 calories, 9g fat, 710mg sodium, 
<br>66g carbs, 2g fiber, 5g sugars, 22g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 9* 
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<br>Okay, this wrap (along with the others) is deceptively packaged to look WAY 
<br>bigger than it actually is. It's a nice size, but the center section of the 
<br>package, which is conveniently covered by a label, holds the sauce and not 
<br>more of the actual wrap! Hard to explain here, but you'd understand if you 
<br>saw it. All in all, this one is pretty good. But without the sauce, it's sorta dull; 
<br>and with it, it's sorta fattening. A dilemma! The solution? Skip it!
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Not really worth it... but not horrendous, in a pinch.
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<br> Jamba Juice Asian Style Chicken Wrap
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<br>PER SERVING (one wrap with sauce): 430 calories, 7g fat, 600mg sodium, 
<br>72g carbs, 5g fiber, 13g sugars, 19g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 8* 
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<br>PER SERVING (one wrap without sauce): 400 calories, 7g fat, 590mg sodium, 
<br>63g carbs, 5g fiber, 5g sugars, 19g protein -- POINTS&reg; value 8* 
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<br>Hmmmm... The stats aren't bad and the chicken's nice and fresh, but there's 
<br>little to nothing that makes this wrap "Asian." We'd take it and spritz some 
<br>Newman's Own Asian Sesame spray dressing on it. But is it really worth the 
<br>effort? Uhhh... probably not.
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<br>HG Bottom Line: Only worth it if there are no other reasonable choices 
<br>around.
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