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Starbucks new olive oil-infused drink has some customers running for the bathroom

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Mineral oils like olive oils tend to be used to treat constipation

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  1. Starbucks Customers Are Complaining About Stomach Issues From New Olive Oil-Infused Coffee

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

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    Starbucks new olive oil-infused drink has some customers running for the bathroom

    Headline from CBS News ·

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  1. NBC News

    Starbucks customers are complaining about stomach issues from new olive oil-infused coffee (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    For those unfamiliar, these new coffee drinks are infused with Partanna cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil and debuted on Feb. 21 in limited markets.

  2. New York Post

    Customers say Starbucks’ new olive oil coffee causing stomach issues: ‘Legit laxative’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    “New marketing campaign – Starbucks new weight loss coffees!” one person joked on Reddit.

  3. Fox32 Chicago

    Starbucks customers say olive oil-infused drinks have laxative properties: ‘You’ll run to it and from it’ (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    Some Starbucks customers are venting that their morning Venti is causing them to run to the bathroom after they drink Oleato coffee beverages infused with extra virgin olive oil.

  4. ABC 13 Houston

    Starbucks' new olive oil-infused drink has some customers complaining about running to the bathroom (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    "Half the team tried it yesterday and a few ended up... needing to use the restroom, if ya know what I mean," a barista on the Starbucks Reddit page posted.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Some customers are complaining the new olive oil-infused Starbucks drink is making them run to the bathroom (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Starbucks is betting big on olive oil infused coffee, hoping customers will be enticed by the anomaly and the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil. “It is one of the biggest launches we’ve had in decades,” Brady Brewer, Starbucks’ chief marketing officer, told CNN.

  6. CBS News

    Starbucks new olive oil-infused drink has some customers running for the bathroom (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Mineral oils like olive oils tend to be used to treat constipation

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