“The worst beverage in America” is a bit more conservative in Canada, Tim Hortons told the Star on Wednesday.

One of Cold Stone Creamery’s new flavour ice cream shakes, with 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat, was declared the unhealthiest drink out of a list of 20 worst, according to Men’s Health magazine.

The ice cream company’s peanut butter and chocolate milk shake packs the equivalent of 68 strips of bacon in saturated fat, the U.S. health magazine’s Eat This, Not That website declared.

In Canada, Cold Stone is tucked inside 40 of the 3,000 Tim Hortons, including 17 across the Golden Horseshoe.

The giant-sized drink isn’t sold in Canada, Tim Hortons spokesman David Morelli said. Just the 1,280-calorie size and the 1,690-calorie size are.

“Milkshakes are in indulgent treat,” said Morelli. “We offer lots of healthier options, too,” including a fruit smoothie in the test stage and high-fibre muffins.

Cold Stone is a “premium ice cream that uses dairy products that come from Canada,” he said. “Our customers have fallen in love with it.”

Cold Stone fans can indeed be fanatical, trading rhapsodies and discoveries online.

On the plus side, a 16-ounce PB&C shake delivers 60 per cent of a person’s daily requirement of Vitamin A, 80 per cent of the daily dose of calcium, 15 per cent of the iron and 8 per cent of the fibre, despite 58 grams of saturated fat, nearly three times what anyone should eat in a day.

“We want to give our customers options, so they can decide the kind of food they want to eat and where.”

To Morelli, a PC&B might be a “reward after a hard-won sports match” or a date drink to share with someone special.

Cold Stone sent the Star some “calorie saving tips” to temper the richness of its “super-premium ice cream.”

Substituting “Sinless Sweet Cream” for ice cream in any make-it-yourself dessert will cut 57 per cent of the calories and all of the fat, said spokeswoman Jami Thompson. Likewise, ladling blueberries rather than Reese’s Peanut Butter cups into an ice cream will eliminate 180 calories.

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