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Group Grades Coffee Eggnog

Rick Bonino Food Editor

If the only safe eggnog is the stuff made without raw eggs, then Starbucks’ eggnog-flavored Frappuccino coffee/milk drink must be the safest of them all.

According to the fine print in its press material, the cold Frappuccino nog - which got mixed marks from those on The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel, not all of whom consume coffee - contains no eggs at all, just cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla flavors.

That isn’t spelled out anywhere on the label. Then again, what you don’t know won’t hurt you.

Starbucks Frappuccino Coffee Drink, Eggnog

Price: $3.99 for 4 (9.5-ounce) bottles.

Nutrition: 190 calories (14 percent fat calories); 110 milligrams sodium per bottle.

Taste: ***

Value: **

Comments: “Yum! I enjoy this, and I’m not a coffee drinker. A nice holiday treat.” - Beth Kowal

“The curdled-looking stuff floating on the top was most unappetizing. And it tastes like it looks - yuk. I don’t drink coffee, and this doesn’t make me want to start.” - Jeannie Coffey

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: S-R FOOD PANEL SEEKS NEW MEMBERS We’re looking for people who like to eat - and talk about what they’re eating. Applications are being accepted for vacancies on The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel, starting in January. The panel meets one evening each month (usually the second Wednesday) to sample and rate new supermarket items and compare different name brands of the same type of food - everything from popcorn to pasta primavera to pudding (most products are edible). If you think you’d be a good addition to our group, send a brief letter explaining why to: Food Panel, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210 (or fax to 459-5098, or e-mail to rickb@spokesman.com). Be sure to include your age, occupation and a daytime telephone number.

This sidebar appeared with the story: S-R FOOD PANEL SEEKS NEW MEMBERS We’re looking for people who like to eat - and talk about what they’re eating. Applications are being accepted for vacancies on The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel, starting in January. The panel meets one evening each month (usually the second Wednesday) to sample and rate new supermarket items and compare different name brands of the same type of food - everything from popcorn to pasta primavera to pudding (most products are edible). If you think you’d be a good addition to our group, send a brief letter explaining why to: Food Panel, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210 (or fax to 459-5098, or e-mail to rickb@spokesman.com). Be sure to include your age, occupation and a daytime telephone number.