It's "Augtober" and while temperatures may be sweltering, many popular food and coffee chainsa re rolling out their pumpkin spice fall menus. BRISTOL — Hundreds turned out for Pringle Nature Center’s annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday. The event, held in Bristol Woods County Park, 9800 160th Ave.
, included hay rides, a seed bomb launch, carnival games face painting, lawn games, live animal demonstrations, children’s crafts, pumpkin painting, bird house painting and food trucks. Live music was be performed by Old Sam & the Teardrops, playing swing jazz tunes. “It’s our annual fundraiser and all funds benefit the nature center,” said environmental educator and organizer Tracy Backhouse.
“We’ve been blessed with beautiful weather.” Backhouse said the event also served as an opportunity to showcase the center’s available all-terrain wheelchair rental program. Access Ability Wisconsin has a couple all-terrain wheelchairs at the center for rent.
The chairs are designed to go up and down hills and overcome obstacles such as snow, ruffage, gravel and sand. “We let anybody try them so kids and adults could give them a try,” Backhouse said. Elizabeth Alvey, the center’s executive director, said she hoped to raise $4,000 dollars.
“We get a nice mix of people out here,” she said. “It’s always a really fun event because we have our whole team here helping out and we get to meet a lot of people from the community.” The event, which also took place on World Migratory Bird Day, included a demonstration with East Troy falconer Ed Foster with northern goshawk Mable.
“I’ve had her since she was 10 days old,” Foster said. “She eats ducks, pheasants, rabbits and quail. She catches them.
This is a hunting bird.” It's finally here: The largest national fast food restaurants have released their fall coffee menus for 2024! You're not just limited to pumpkin spice lattes this year—there are all kinds of apple, almond, and chai-inspired concoctions to choose from. While a coffee drink may seem like a quick, low-calorie treat, many are more like desserts when it comes to nutritional value.
That's why Hers took a look at the data for the top five U.S. fast food chains by revenue that serve fall-exclusive coffee drinks.
While none of our favorite autumn flavors get super high marks for health–even the best options have 21 grams of sugar–there's definitely a spectrum. Read on to find out which ones are on the healthier end and which ones may be better suited for a once-in-a-while treat. Hers analyzed the following four sets of nutritional data for each exclusive fall coffee drink to rank all 17 from healthiest to unhealthiest: Grab your favorite cardigan and get ready to place your order.
Here are all 17 fall coffee drinks ranked from healthiest to unhealthiest. Check out how these fall drinks stack up for each nutrition category to quickly scan and see which options are best if you're tracking specific health categories, like calorie or sugar intake. Drinks With the Most Calories Drinks With the Least Calories Drinks With the Most Sugar Drinks With the Least Sugar Drinks With the Most Fat Drinks With the Least Fat To find the healthiest coffee drinks of the season, Hers looked at the top five fast food restaurants by revenue in the U.
S. that offer an exclusive fall-inspired coffee drink menu: McDonald's, Starbucks, Dunkin', Krispy Kreme, and Einstein Bros. Hers used the ingredients included in a standard order with no substitutions; so if the order defaulted to a certain type of milk, that is what was used for nutritional data.
Hers looked at a medium size for every drink, which is 16 ounces for all but one restaurant. The exception is Dunkin ', which serves 14 ounces in a medium cup. The following categories were used for this ranking: The healthiest drinks had the lowest averages of calories, sugar, fat, and trans fat.
Hers weighted trans fat with a 2x multiplier because of associated health risks such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Get the data Coffee alone doesn't negatively impact weight goals , but that may change when you start to add more ingredients like syrups and cream. Follow these tips to balance the pleasure of a fall drink with nutrition.
Grabbing your favorite cup of fall coffee is a fun tradition to enjoy each year. And with so many seasonal drink options available at different fast food restaurants, it's easy to pick one that helps you stay on track with your health goals. This story was produced by Hers and reviewed and distributed by Stacker Media.
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