.......the full "fry-up" would be this bacon,along with sausages, griddled rounds of both black and white pudding, maybe mushrooms and a half grilled tomato, eggs, and beans and toast. when i was visiting a friend in glasgow, we'd get these breakfast kits from a butcher with rashers of bacon, the black and white pudding, sausages, and eggs. it would also come with these flat griddle cakes, which they call potato scones. the butcher told us one day that he was out of the little cans of baked beans, but still had some spaghettios. spaghettios! for breakfast!
.....a Scottish Chef ?
MORNING ALL.....DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, OF COURSE. THE PIG'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS UPDATE MOST OF THE NIGHT AND INTO THE DAY. SEEMS ITS THOSE HOG DAYS OF SUMMER WHERE ITS HOT, HOT, AND A BIT HOT. DID THE PIG SAY IT WAS HOT ? ITS SUPPOSED TO BE HOT ALL WEEK.
THE MAJOR MARKETS OF THE US AND CANADA PEELED BACK A BIT FRIDAY. SEEMS YOU HUMANS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER THE ECONOMY IS TURNING.....TO RIPEN OR TO ROT. THAT'S THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT BEING A PIG, YOU HAVE A REAL COMPACT, CONCISE AND DOWN TO EARTH VIEW OF THE EARTH FROM WHERE WE STAND. WHICH IS ABOUT 4 FEET LESS THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THE PIG FEELS THE MARKET WILL FIND ITS WAY WHEN ALL THE PLAYERS WANT IT TO. ALL THE PLAYERS MEANING, YOUR GOVERNMENT, CAPITAL MARKETS PLAYERS, FOREIGN INVESTORS, AND THOSE IN THE SHADOWS WHO MANIPULATE THE MARKETS TO SUIT THEMSELVES....ONCE THEY GET THEIR SHIRTS TOGETHER....THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING AGAIN.
BUT THE PIG MUST SAY......AND BEFORE ALL THE CLOSET ECONOMISTS, AND CONSPIRACY DE-BUNKERS GET UP IN ARMS, JUST DO YOURSELF SOME RESEARCH....YOU MAY BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU WILL FIND............. AND THAT THE GAME WE ALL PLAY TO TRY AND MAKE MONEY, BUILT ASSETS OR SECURE OUR RETIREMENT...IS FRAUGHT WITH PITFALLS. MANY WE CAN NOT AVOID....
Preseason
Date Time (ET) Teams
Aug. 12 8 p.m. Carolina Panthers at Baltimore Ravens
Aug. 16 8 p.m. New York Giants at New York Jets
Aug. 23 8 p.m. Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans
Aug. 26 8 p.m. Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Regular Season
Sept. 13 7 p.m. Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets
10:15 p.m. San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
Sept. 20 8:30 p.m. New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Sept. 27 8:30 p.m. Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Oct. 4 8:30 p.m. New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
Oct. 11 8:30 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets
Oct. 18 8:30 p.m. Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars
Oct. 25 8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
Nov. 1 8:30 p.m. Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts
Nov. 8 8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Nov. 15 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins
Nov. 22 8:30 p.m. Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers
Nov. 29 8:30 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals
Dec. 6 8:30 p.m. New York Jets at New England Patriots
Dec. 13 8:30 p.m. Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans
Dec. 20 8:30 p.m. Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Dec. 27 8:30 p.m. New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
CPV.V...SCANNER SAYS .....BREAKOUT EMERGING...NICE STEADY CLIMB FOR THIS PIGLET SINCE EARLY JUNE. ITS BEEN IN OUR TOP 10 AND 15 FOR 2 MONTHS NOW. THE NUMBERS SAY A BREAKOUT IS ON THE WAY.
PXR.V...OF COURSE A LONG WHITE CANDLE COULD SYMBOL AN EMERGENCE. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SCANNER PICKED UP ON. THE DRAMATIC MOVE ON THE MOVING AVERAGES AND THE NET CAPITAL FLOW INCREASE WERE THE ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH FROM THIS SCAN AND IN A LARGE WAY. EARLY YET, AS WE STILL NEED LIQUIDITY BUT COULD BE A GOOD OMEN...
PUC.V...WHAT THE PUC ? THE SCANNER PICKED THIS ONE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. THE PIG THOUGHT WE HAD LOST THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT HAS BEEN WATCHING IT EVER SINCE. YESTERDAYS MOVE WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED, BUT STILL A GREAT SIGN THAT THE NEXT LEG UP IS IMMINENT. GOOD TRADER, GOOD LIQUIDITY AND GREAT ACCUMULATION...SOMEBODIES BUYING.....
| Gold futures; Expect breakout above $1,230 |
| B G Shirsat / Mumbai August 15, 2010, 0:03 IST |
Gold futures for December delivery moved in a narrow range on Friday, making a low of $1,212.30 per ounce and a high of $1,219.80 before closing at 1,216.70 on profit-booking at higher levels.
Sterling Smith, an analyst at Country Hedging, said the technical picture for gold was turning bullish. He pointed to a reverse head and shoulders pattern for October Comex gold which could push prices to about $1,240 if gold can stay above $1,220. He said strong support was seen at $1,200-$1,210. The technical support and resistance for gold based on 21 days moving average is at 1,192.50-1,222.10.
The time-price opportunity (TPO) projections based on Friday data indicate movement above $1,220 and volume-based resistance around $1,239.50. On a weekly chart, gold futures for December delivery is expected to get strong support at $1,199. Call options buyers expect gold to move above $1,237 while put sellers indicate strong support at $1,200.
Ten out of of 18 traders, investors and analysts surveyed by Bloomberg said gold would gain next week. Two predicted lower prices and six were neutral. Gold prices comfortably passed the $1,200 barrier and bullish investors hope they can break through $1,230. This rally might change the gold game if prices can “overcome resistance in the $1,233, $1,235 area,” says Jon Nadler, a senior analyst at Kitco.com.
Hedge fund managers and other large speculators increased their net-long position in New York gold futures in the week ended August 10, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. Speculative long positions outnumbered short positions by 190,687 contracts on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The net short positions of miners, producers, jewellers and other commercial users increased by four per cent during the week ended August 10.
EGZ.V.....SMALL VOLUME, LARGE BREAKOUT, ACCUMULATION PHASE BEGINNING....THE SCANNER TELL US THIS IS WANTED BY A FEW AND THOSE SELLING DON'T WANT TO PART WITH IT. FOR THE GUTSY THIS MAY BE A NICE RETURN. FOR THE THINKERS, THE PIG SAYS MORE LIQUIDITY....... "VOLUME BEFORE PRICE" ..........BEFORE HE GETS TOO EXCITED.....BUT GOOD SCAN NONETHELESS....
Friday, August 13, 2010
Strong Month for Tarsis Resources has Shareholders Holding on Tight
Tarsis Resources (TSX: TCC) has seen some rapid gains in its share price this month, with two successive days of announcements spurring their stock to climb almost 40%. Strong mineralisation findings in their White River and Prospector Mountain properties has led to a lot of renewed interest in this junior explorer.Tarsis Resources is a Canadian based resource company, which sees itself as a project generator and early stage exploration company, focusing on properties in Canada and Mexico. At its most recent share price, the company has a market capitalisation of C$4.7 million (up from around C$3.2 million prior to these latest announcements), and following some financing efforts earlier this year, has approximately C$1.1 million in cash and C$1 million in working capital. Two of company’s assets include the 100% owned White River property, in the Yukon, Canada, and the Prospector Mountain property also in the Yukon, where Silver Quest Resources (TSX: SQI) have an option in agreement to take up to 70% based on financing exploration and an eventual feasibility study.
The White River Property consists of 48 claims covering approximately 1,000 hectares, located at the western end of the Nisling Range, within the Tintina Gold Province. The property is situated around 11 kilometres north of the small settlement of Koidern, 390 kilometres north west of Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. The property is accessed via the all weather Alaska Highway, with a 3,000 foot long grass airstrip located 15 kilometres south west of the property. The site has no known exploration history, and Tarsis has initiated an accelerated exploration program to follow up on these recent strong results.
These latest results came while carrying out porphyry generative exploration on the property, where rock specimens were collected with visible sulphide mineralisation and alteration, and assays confirmed the presence of strongly anomalous copper, gold and silver values. These included one select prospecting sample containing 4.41 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, 0.47% copper and 391g/t silver. Another sample contained 0.58g/t gold, 1.93% copper and 1,120g/t silver. Tarsis advise that in total, assays have been received for 47 select prospecting samples collected from the main zone of mineralisation on the property, which is roughly 350 meters wide by 600 meters long. These samples returned values ranging from 8 parts per million (ppm) to 2.08% copper, below detection to 4.41g/t gold and below detection to 1,120g/t silver.
The Prospector Mountain property lies within the Dawson Range portion of the Tintina Gold Belt, and consists of 239 mineral claims spanning 4,996 hectares. It is located approximately 90 kilometres northwest of town of Carmacks, Yukon, and is in close proximity to several other significant mineral properties, including Sherwood Copper’s operating Minto copper mine, 30 kilometres to the north east, and Western Copper’s Carmacks project, currently in the permitting phase for mine operation, 55 kilometres to the south east. In addition, Northern Freegold Resources is now undertaking a 25,000 metre diamond drill program on its Freegold Mountain property, located 15 kilometres to the south east of Prospector Mountain.
As previously highlighted, Silver Quest Resources has an option to acquire an initial 60% interest in the Prospector Mountain property by spending C$4 million on exploration over four years (currently C$350,000 spent) , issuing one million Silver Quest shares to Tarsis (currently 200,000 issued), and making payments of C$300,000 (C$50,000 paid to date). Silver Quest may earn an additional 10% interest by completing a feasibility study.
During 2009, a three phase exploration program was carried out at Prospector Mountain, the first Phase of which explored portions of the property to assess the merits of the historical targets and begin defining future diamond drill target. A total of eighteen locally weathering talus samples were selected, and results included one sample which assayed 27.6g/t gold and 1.37% copper and another sample that assayed 910g/t silver and 28.0% lead.
The phase II work concentrated on the reassessment of historical vein zones in the western part of the claim block, and included findings of 1840g/t silver, 28.78% lead and 0.70g/t gold across 0.72 metres of Area A, 58.9g/t silver, 2.38% lead and 2.02g/t gold across 0.54 metres of Area C, and 613g/t silver, 28.94% lead and 3.51g/t gold, across 0.17 metres of Area D.
Exploration during this final phase of work concentrated on the continued reassessment of the historical porphyry target in the eastern part of the claim block, and discovered a number of new showings collectively referred to as the Bonanza Zone. Some of the highlights from this Phase III sampling at the Bonanza Zone, include 82.8g/t gold, 299g/t silver and 1.49% copper; 14g/t gold, 1340g/t silver and 11.65% copper; 55.7g/t gold, 1375g/t silver and 7.38% copper; and 82.2g/t gold, 888g/t silver and 5.97% copper.
The latest findings from the Bonanza Zone, coming from 84 select prospecting samples and 221 soil samples, returned two select rock samples which assayed 109g/t gold and 53g/t gold respectively. Gold assays from rock samples range from below detection to 109g/t, copper values range from 2ppm to 3.16%, and silver values range from less than 0.1g/t to 543g/t. Silver Quest also reported the definition of three new gold-in-soil geochemical anomalies within a 1,000 meter by 550 meter zone.
Gold in soil assays varied from below detection to 0.38g/t, copper varied between 15ppm and 375ppm, and silver varied between less than 0.1g/t and 2.5g/t. Silver Quest, as part of their agreement with Tarsis, now intent to carry out a drill program on the property in September, which they say will consist of 10 shallow drill holes approximately 100 metres in length to test for mineralisation below the Bonanza Zone.
Tarsis may still be a junior explorer, but the last 4 weeks have shown that it has potential to be much more.
WHILE MOST OF THE PIGS SHAREHOLDINGS ARE IN FALL RELATED STOCKS....MEANING THEY WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION....."PLAYER" OR "FLAILER"..BY THIS FALL....THE PIG CONTINUED HIS DD WORK ON FNDM THIS WEEK. THE PIG HAS A FEW SHARES IN IT AND IS FASCINATED BY THE UPSIDE POTENTIAL OF THE COMPANY. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE POSTS OFF OF VARIOUS FORUMS....
So buy, sell, short, watch, bich (rhymes with rich), bash, or boast...all your own individual choice.....but lets back it up with some credible facts.....not with dunderhead evident, blather......otherwise...it makes you a candidate for everyone's use of the "Stupid Switch"....
StockEinstein Alert FNDM
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Re: Shes coming back......
Everyone always hopes they bought at the bottom and that the stock should take-off the moment they buy. It has never happened like that for me. Close a few times but time lines are always off. I am comfortable because I know the players involved and how bad they want this back over $2.00 a share. These guys are multi-millionares and I am starting to think they want to buy up everything and take this private. Its not a far stretch whne you look at what they will be making under these new ETF's. Just my thought of the day,THE PIGS STOCK TRADING VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND.....
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Human remains found at bottom of NV mine shaft
RENO, Nev. — Authorities say they have found human remains at the bottom of a gold mine shaft in northern Nevada where two miners were trapped two days ago.
Elko County Sheriff Dale Lotspeich (Lots-speech) said Saturday that while he can't make a positive identification of the remains, they are believed to be those of the two missing miners.
Lotspeich says it will take from three weeks to two months to identify the remains.
Barrick Gold of North America spokesman Lou Schack says searchers worked for more than 32 hours to safely access the area Friday at the Meikle mine, about 1,300 feet below the surface.
The men were being lowered into a shaft in a cage early Thursday morning when a vertical pipe broke loose from a wall and struck the cage, severely damaging it.
20 Worst Drinks in America 2010
20. Worst Water
Snapple Agave Melon Antioxidant Water (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
150 calories
0 g fat
33 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 2 Good Humor Chocolate Éclair Bars
While “Worst Water” may sound like an oxymoron, the devious
minds in the bottled beverage industry have even found a way to
besmirch the sterling reputation of the world’s most essential
compound. Sure, you may get a few extra vitamins, but ultimately,
you’re paying a premium price for gussied-up sugar water. Next
time you buy a bottle of water, check the recipe: You want two parts
hydrogen, one part oxygen, and very little else.
19. Worst Bottled Tea
SoBe Green Tea (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
240 calories
0 g fat
61 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 4 slices Sara Lee Cherry Pie
Leave it to SoBe to take an otherwise healthy bottle of tea and
inject it with enough sugar to turn it into dessert. The Pepsiowned
company’s flagship line, composed of 11 flavors with
names like “Nirvana” and “Cranberry Grapefruit Elixir,” is
marketed to give consumers the impression that it can cleanse
the body, mind, and spirit. Don’t be fooled. Just like this bottle of
green tea, all of these beverages are made with two primary
ingredients: water and sugar.
18. Worst Energy Drink
Rockstar Energy Drink (1 can, 16 fl oz)
280 calories
0 g fat
62 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnuts
None of the energy provided by these full-sugar drinks could ever
justify the caloric load, but Rockstar’s take is especially frightening.
One can provides nearly as much sugar as half a box of Nilla
Wafers. In fact, it has 60 more calories than the same amount of
Red Bull and 80 more than a can of Monster. If you’re going to
guzzle, better choose one of the low-cal options. We like Monster;
it offers all the caffeine and B vitamins with just enough sugar to
cut through the funky extracts.
17. Worst Bottled Coffee
Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino (1 bottle, 13.7 fl oz)
290 calories
4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
45 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 32 Nilla Wafers
With an unreasonable number of calorie landmines
peppered across Starbucks’ in-store menu, you’d think the
company would want to use its grocery line to restore faith in
its ability to provide caffeine without testing the limits of your
belt buckle. Guess not. This drink has been on our radar for
years, and we still haven’t managed to find a bottled coffee
with more sugar. Consider this—along with Starbucks’
miniature Espresso and Cream Doubleshot—your worst
option for a morning pickup.
16. Worst Soda
Sunkist (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
320 calories
0 g fat
84 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches
Wait . . . but aren’t all sodas equally terrible? It’s true they all
earn 100 percent of their calories from sugar, but that doesn’t
mean there aren’t still varying levels of atrocity. Despite the
perception of healthfulness, fruity sodas tend to carry more sugar
than their cola counterparts, and none make that more apparent
than the tooth-achingly sweet Sunkist. But what seals the orange
soda’s fate on our list of worsts is its reliance on the artificial
colors yellow 6 and red 40—two chemicals that may be linked to
behavioral and concentration problems in children.
15. Worst Beer
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (1 bottle, 12 fl oz)
330 calories
0 g fat
32.1 g carbohydrates
9.6% alcohol
Carbohydrate Equivalent: 12-pack of Michelob Ultra
Most beers carry fewer than 175 calories, but even your average
extra-heady brew rarely eclipses 250. That makes Sierra’s Bigfoot
the undisputed beast of the beer jungle. Granted, the alcohol itself
provides most of the calories, but it’s the extra heft of carbohydrates
that helps stuff nearly 2,000 calories into each six-pack. For
comparison, Budweiser has 10.6 grams of carbs, Blue Moon has 13,
and Guinness Draught has 10. Let’s hope the appearance of this gutinducing
guzzler in your fridge is as rare as encounters with the
fabled beast himself.
14. Worst Kids' Drink
Tropicana Tropical Fruit Fury Twister (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
340 calories
0 g fat
60 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: Two 7-ounce canisters Reddi-wip
Don’t let Tropicana’s reputation for unadulterated OJ lead you to
believe that the company is capable of doing no wrong. As a
Pepsi subsidiary, it’s inevitable that they’ll occasionally delve
into soda-like territory. The Twister line is just that: a drink with
10 percent juice and 90 percent sugar laced with a glut of
artificial flavors and coloring. You could actually save 200
calories by choosing a can of Pepsi instead.
13. Worst Functional Beverage
Arizona Rx Energy (1 can, 23 fl oz)
345 calories
0 g fat
83 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts
Obviously Arizona took great pains in making sure this can came
out looking like something you’d find in a pharmacy. But if your
pharmacist ever tries to sell you this much sugar, he should have
his license revoked. And if it’s energy you’re after, this isn’t your
best vehicle. Caffeine is the only compound in the bottle that’s
been proven to provide energy, and the amount found within is
about what you'd get from a weak cup of coffee.
12. Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (1 can, 23 fl oz)
345 calories
0 g fat
81 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Froot Loops
The twisted minds at the Arizona factory outdid themselves with
this nefarious concoction, a can the size of a bazooka loaded
with enough of the sweet stuff to blast your belly with 42 sugar
cubes. The most disturbing part isn’t that it masks itself as some
sort of healthy juice product (after all, hundreds of products are
guilty of the same crime), but that this behemoth serving size
costs just $.99, making its contents some of the cheapest
calories we’ve ever stumbled across.
11. Worst Espresso Drink
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
660 calories
22 g fat (15 g saturated)
95 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 8½ scoops Edy’s Slow Churned Rich
and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream
Hopefully this will dispel any lingering fragments of the
“health halo” that still exists in coffee shops—that misguided
belief that espresso-based beverages can’t do much
damage. In this 20-ounce cup, Starbucks manages to pack
in more calories and saturated fat than two slices of deepdish
sausage and pepperoni pizza from Domino’s. That
makes it the equivalent of dinner and dessert disguised as a
cup of coffee. If you want a treat, look to Starbucks’ supply
of sugar-free syrups; if you want a caffeine buzz, stick to the
regular joe, an Americano, or a cappuccino.
10. Worst Lemonade
Auntie Anne’s Wild Cherry Lemonade Mixer (32 fl oz)
470 calories
0 g fat
110 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 11 bowls of Cookie Crisp cereal
There is no such thing as healthy lemonade, but Auntie’s line of
Lemonade Mixers takes the concept of hyper-sweetened juice and
stretches it to dangerous new levels. See, sugar digests faster
than good-for-you nutrients like protein and fiber, which means it’s
in your blood almost immediately after you swallow it. Drinking the
3 or 4 days’ worth of added sugar found here jacks your blood
sugar and results in strain to your kidneys, the creation of new fat
molecules, and the desire to eat more. Ouch.
9. Worst Hot Chocolate
Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream
(venti, 20 fl oz)
520 calories
16 g fat (11 g saturated)
75 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats
See that stack of Rice Krispie Treats? It’s just three treats shy of
two full boxes. Unless you were a contestant on Fear Factor—
and there was a sizeable monetary prize on the line—you’d
never even consider noshing down that much sugar at once. But
here’s what’s interesting: While that stack is the sugar
counterpart to this atrocity from Starbucks, it still has 40 percent
less saturated fat. Makes us wonder what’s going on in the hot
chocolate. Stick to beverages with single-flavor profiles instead of
pile-on recipes like this and you’ll fare better every time.
8. Worst Frozen Coffee Drink
Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte (24 fl oz)
870 calories
24 g fat (19 g saturated, 1 g trans)
112 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 12 Dunkin’ Donuts Bavarian Kreme Doughnuts
Coffee-dessert hybrids are among the worst breed of beverages.
This one delivers 1 gram of fat and 4.6 grams of sugar in every
ounce, making even Starbucks’ over-the-top line of Frappuccinos
look like decent options. Maybe that’s why DQ decided to give it a
name that alludes to the animal it promises to turn you into. If you
can bring yourself to skip DQ and head to a coffee shop instead,
order a large iced latte with a couple shots of flavored syrup and
save some 600 calories. But if you’re stuck where you are, you’re
better off pairing a small treat with a regular cup of joe.
7. Worst Margarita
Traditional Red Lobster Lobsterita (24 fl oz)
890 calories
0 g fat
183 g carbohydrates
Carbohydrate Equivalent: 7 Almond Joy candy bars
Of all the egregious beverages we’ve analyzed, the Lobsterita
surprised us the most. The nation’s biggest fish purveyor is one
of the few big players in the restaurant biz to provide its
customers with a wide selection of truly healthy food options. We
would hope they’d do the same with the beverages, but obviously
not. Drink one of these every Friday night and you’ll put on more
than a pound of flab each month. Downgrade to a regular
margarita on the rocks and pocket the remaining 640 calories.
6. Worst Float
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Soda (vanilla ice cream and cola)
(large, 28.6 fl oz)
960 calories
40 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
136 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 9.7 Fudgsicle fudge bars
Done right, an ice cream float can be a decent route to indulgence.
Go to A&W and you’ll land a medium for fewer than 400 calories.
Order it with diet soda and you’ve dropped below 200 calories. So
why can’t Baskin-Robbins make even a small float with fewer than
470 calories? Because apparently the chain approaches the art of
beverage-crafting as a challenge to squeeze in as much fat and sugar
as possible. Whatever you order, plan on splitting it with a friend.
5. Worst Frozen Fruit Drink
Krispy Kreme Lemon Sherbet Chiller (20 fl oz)
980 calories
40 g fat (36 g saturated)
115 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 16 medium-size chocolate eclairs
Imagine taking a regular can of soda, pouring in 18 extra
teaspoons of sugar, and then swirling in half a cup of heavy
cream. Nutritionally speaking, that’s exactly what this is, which is
how it manages to marry nearly 2 days’ worth of saturated fat
with enough sugar to leave you with a serious sucrose hangover.
Do your heart a favor and avoid any of Krispy Kreme’s “Kremey”
beverages. The basic Chillers aren’t the safest of sippables
either, but they’ll save you up to 880 calories.
4. Worst Frozen Mocha
Così Double Oh! Arctic Mocha (gigante, 23 fl oz)
1,210 calories
19 g fat (10 g saturated)
240 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 41 Oreo Cookies
A frozen mocha will never be a stellar option, but we’ve still never
come across anything that competes with this cookie-coffeemilkshake
hybrid from Così. Essentially it’s a mocha Blizzard
made with Oreo cookies and topped with whipped cream and an
oversize Oreo. The result is a beverage with more calories than
two Big Macs and more sugar than any other drink in America.
3. Worst Drive-Thru Shake
McDonald’s Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fl oz)
1,160 calories
27 g fat (16 g saturated, 2 g trans)
168 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 13 McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies
There are very few milk shakes in America worthy of your
hard-earned calories, but few will punish you as thoroughly as
this Mickey D’s drive-thru disaster. Not only does it have more
than half your day’s caloric and saturated fat allotment and
more sugar than you’d find in Willy Wonka’s candy lab, but
Ronald even finds a way to sneak in a full day of cholesterolspiking
trans fat. The scariest part about this drink is that it’s
most likely America’s most popular milk shake.
2. Worst Smoothie
Smoothie King Peanut Power Plus Grape (large, 40 fl oz)
1,498 calories
44 g fat (8 g saturated)
214 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
If Smoothie King wants someone to blame for landing this high on our
worst beverages roundup (and truth be told, its entire menu is riddled
with contenders), the chain should point the smoothie straw at
whichever executive came up with the cup-sizing structure. Sending
someone out the door with a 40-ounce cup should be a criminal offense.
Who really needs a third of a gallon of sweetened peanut butter blended
with grape juice, milk, and bananas? Sugar-and-fat-loaded smoothies
like this should be served from 12-ounce cups, not mini kegs.
1. Worst Beverage in America
Cold Stone PB&C (Gotta Have It size, 24 fl oz)
2,010 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated)
153 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies
In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like
slurping up 68 strips of bacon. Health experts recommend capping
your saturated fat intake at about 20 grams per day, yet this
beverage packs more than three times that into a cup the size of a
Chipotle burrito. But here’s what’s worse: No regular shake at Cold
Stone, no matter what the size, has fewer than 1,000 calories. If
you must drink your ice cream, make it one of the creamery’s
“Sinless” options. Otherwise you’d better plan on buying some
bigger pants on the way home.
