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10 Unhealthiest Coffee Creamers You May Be Buying By Jay Wilson Oct. 13, 2025 9:19 am EST
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Coffee creamer feels like an innocent food product, right? Sure, it might be more flavorful and intense than milk, but you're barely using any of it in your coffee — how bad can it be? As it turns out, pretty bad. Coffee creamer may give your morning coffee a boost of richness and sweetness, but it generally does so through a combination of a large amount of sugar, fat, and an unholy number of additives. Although it might not seem like it, coffee creamer generally contains no cream at all, and is instead a mass of vegetable oils, added sugars, emulsifiers, thickeners, flavoring agents, and artificial colors. While there are some healthy coffee