Black tea: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in black tea?

Of 550 packs of black tea whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 9 (2%) list at least one of the main allergens, but no single allergen is listed on as many as 1 pack in 100. 1% carry a “may contain” line for milk and 1% for tree nuts. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What is black tea usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of black tea list, with the share of packs that list each: black tea (96%), citrus fruit (15%) and lemon (10%).

• Black tea96%
• Citrus fruit15%
• Lemon10%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 759 · Germany 133 · United States 74 · United Kingdom 60.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for black tea.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is black tea?

In the Open Food Facts categories, black tea is a kind of tea.

What else is black tea called?

French

Thés noirs, Thé noir

German

Schwarze Tees, Schwarztees

Spanish

Tés negros

Italian

Tè nero

Dutch

Zwarte theeën, Zwarte thee

Polish

Czarna herbata, Herbata czarna

Swedish

svarta teer, svart te

Danish

sort te

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Black tea

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