Coffee creamers

If you read the label on the back of a bottle of coffee creamer, you may find the following ingredients it contains:
 

• Corn Syrup
• Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
• Cottonseed Oil
• High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Sodium Caseinate (a milk derivative)
• Dipotassium Phosphate
• Sugar
• Mono and Diglycerides
• Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
• Artificial Flavor
• Artificial Color

Sounds unhealthy?

 

You can improve this by adding liquid extracts like vanilla, peppermint and maple are a super simple way to add flavor without artificial ingredients.

 

Or you may try these go-to spices for starters: cinnamon, pumpkin spice, nutmeg, cardamom and ginger.

 

You can add flavor extracts to the grounds before you brew, or cup-by-cup after the coffee is ready.

 

If all you need to satisfy is the sweet taste, you can just stick with natural sweeteners like honey, stevia or maple syrup.