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Coffee bean and green tea extract found in energy drinks at the new BYU Creamery raised questions about how the products align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Word of Wisdom.

“I think it’s kind of shocking, and I feel like they should have known that. If they knew what was in the ingredients, then why would they be having it here on campus?” Sidney Parico, a BYU student, said.

BYU Creamery store director Keith LeBaron declined to be interviewed but provided a statement via email.

“When selecting new items for the new store, we partnered with Associated Foods stores. We used their planogram or schematic sets that they use throughout the Western United States,” LeBaron said.

“There have been some items in categories that were not as easily identified, but we have been taking them out of the sets if they do not represent the type of items we would like to sell," LeBaron said. "This process will continue as new items are brought into the market and slower items taken out of the schematics."

BYU’s Dining Policy states: “Dining Services will not sell products that list green tea or coffee extracts on their ingredient statement.”

It further states: “Due to the ever-changing nature of the beverage market, all new beverage categories must be approved by the managing director prior to being sold to customers.”

When approached in person, a Creamery manager declined to comment on the products.

Jowls Holland's wife wrote:"I do hope the Lord will forgive me for eating mocha-flavored ice cream.

And please forgive my mocha-flavored ice cream, unless of course thou canst see fit to approve of it."

I Have Questions wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 02, 2026 6:48 pm

In an embarrassing turn of events…

Coffee bean and green tea extract found in energy drinks at the new BYU Creamery raised questions about how the products align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Word of Wisdom.

“I think it’s kind of shocking, and I feel like they should have known that. If they knew what was in the ingredients, then why would they be having it here on campus?” Sidney Parico, a BYU student, said.

BYU Creamery store director Keith LeBaron declined to be interviewed but provided a statement via email.

“When selecting new items for the new store, we partnered with Associated Foods stores. We used their planogram or schematic sets that they use throughout the Western United States,” LeBaron said.

“There have been some items in categories that were not as easily identified, but we have been taking them out of the sets if they do not represent the type of items we would like to sell," LeBaron said. "This process will continue as new items are brought into the market and slower items taken out of the schematics."

BYU’s Dining Policy states: “Dining Services will not sell products that list green tea or coffee extracts on their ingredient statement.”

It further states: “Due to the ever-changing nature of the beverage market, all new beverage categories must be approved by the managing director prior to being sold to customers.”

When approached in person, a Creamery manager declined to comment on the products.

Coffee ice cream was a favourite in the Holland household, I seem to recall. Why is Green Tea barred? “Green tea is a type of tea made from the leaves and buds of the Camellia sinensis that have not undergone the withering and oxidation process that creates oolong teas and black teas.”