Lemon tea: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in lemon tea?

Of 62 packs of lemon tea whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, fewer than 1 in 100 list any of the main allergens or carry a “may contain” line for one. A pack can still differ: 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 lemon tea usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of lemon tea list, with the share of packs that list each: tea (97%), black tea (74%), lemon peel (58%) and natural lemon flavouring (34%).

• Tea97%
• Black tea74%
• Lemon peel58%
• Natural lemon flavouring34%
• E330 citric acid23%
• Lemon juice23%
• Sugar23%
• Lemon flavouring15%
• Water15%
• Green tea11%
• Lemon powder11%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 95 · Spain 10 · Germany 8 · Italy 6.

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 lemon 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 lemon tea?

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

What else is lemon tea called?

French

Thés au citron, Thé au citron

German

Zitronentees

Spanish

Tés con limón, Té sabor limón

Dutch

Theeën met citroen, Thee met citroen

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: Lemon tea

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