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International Delight Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · International Delight

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

International Delight esl iced coffee caramel light received a Longevity Score of 58 out of 100 (limit frequency). Coffee and milk base with protein, but added cane sugar, artificial sweeteners, and flavors lower its overall food-quality alignment. Strengths include coffee and skim milk base with some protein, low fat and saturated fat per serving, and low sodium per serving, while main considerations include about 16g sugar per serving including added cane sugar, artificial sweeteners (acesulfame k, sucralose), and artificial flavor and gellan gum add processing.

Longevity Score 58/100

What helped the score?

  • Coffee and skim milk base with some protein
  • Low fat and saturated fat per serving
  • Low sodium per serving

What held the score back?

  • About 16g sugar per serving including added cane sugar
  • Contains artificial sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose)
  • Artificial flavor and gellan gum add processing

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
International Delight Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light
Category
Beverages (source: Coffee/Coffee Substitutes)
GTIN / UPC
00041271021011
Serving size
360 g (12 fl. oz. (360mL))
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

International Delight

Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

Coffee and milk base with protein, but added cane sugar, artificial sweeteners, and flavors lower its overall food-quality alignment.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

0g fiber

0% DV

Sweeteners

cane sugar

Good Protein

5g protein

10% DV

Whole Foods

coffee, skim milk

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Coffee and skim milk base with some protein
  • Low fat and saturated fat per serving
  • Low sodium per serving

Key Concerns

  • About 16g sugar per serving including added cane sugar
  • Contains artificial sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose)
  • Artificial flavor and gellan gum add processing

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

skim milk

Whole-food ingredients

coffeeskim milkcream

Processing signals

ESL processed liquid coffee beveragenatural and artificial flavor blendgellan gum stabilizer

Additives

acesulfame potassiumsucralosegellan gumartificial flavor

Added sweeteners

cane sugar

Artificial sweeteners

acesulfame potassiumsucralose

Ingredients

Ingredient list

INGREDIENTS: COFFEE (FILTERED WATER; COFFEE); SKIM MILK; CANE SUGAR; CREAM; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM; SUCRALOSE; NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR; GELLAN GUM.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

119

6% DV

Total Carbs

18g

7% DV

Protein

5g

10% DV

Saturated Fat

2.5g

12% DV

Fiber

0g

0% DV

Net Carbs

18g

7% DV

Sugar

16g

Total Fat

3.5g

4% DV

Sodium

115mg

5% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1196% DV
Total Carbs18g7% DV
Protein5g10% DV
Saturated Fat2.5g12% DV
Fiber0g0% DV
Net Carbs18g7% DV
Sugar16g—
Total Fat3.5g4% DV
Sodium115mg5% DV
Unsaturated Fat1g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

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  • Low-Spike Stability

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (16g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (16g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (16g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (16g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (16g of 18g carbs)

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  • Strength & Protein Focus

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (5g)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is International Delight Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

International Delight Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

International Delight Esl Iced Coffee Caramel Light: 15.98g total sugar per serving; sweetener signals include cane sugar, acesulfame potassium. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Coffee and skim milk base with some protein; Low fat and saturated fat per serving; Low sodium per serving.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: About 16g sugar per serving including added cane sugar; Contains artificial sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose); Artificial flavor and gellan gum add processing.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same beverages differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Beverages, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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