You can make it yourself the way that I do by microwaving an unsweetened version of your favorite vegan milk and then mixing the powder in to the hot milk. Interestingly, the people at the Starbucks all agreed that the Via Peppermint Mocha tastes better than one that they make in the store. And I am willing to make the huge sacrifice of drinking one or eight of these for your benefit. Since I react to wine that had a host in in that someone else consumed, I make and excellent test subject. Natural flavors made me put the caramel latte back but with this one, I think the “natural flavors” are going to be peppermint and not some wheat based flavor. It contains coffee beans, cane sugar, cocoa powder and yes the dreaded mystery “natural flavors”. Now the Peppermint Mocha meets all of my happy “real food” criteria. So if you want a really vegan experience…get the Via. Realistically, the product is made inside of an actual Starbucks and that steamer just steamed some dairy milk one minute ago. Technically, a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha does not contain gluten and can be made without dairy. Starbucks is a place that sells mostly gluten and dairy containing products and while the place is admirably clean, most Starbucks are not going to reach perfect celiac level gluten-free status. The lattes and other combination drinks at Starbucks are likely to be cross-contaminated. So to paraphrase their own website, if you have food allergies you need to be careful at Starbucks.
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