Mint tea: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in mint tea?

Of 102 packs of mint tea whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, fewer than 1 in 100 list any of the main allergens. 3% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 2% for gluten and 2% for soy. 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 mint tea usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of mint tea list, with the share of packs that list each: mint (90%), green tea (85%), natural mint flavouring (38%) and peppermint (21%).

• Mint90%
• Green tea85%
• Natural mint flavouring38%
• Peppermint21%
• Mint leaf20%
• Spearmint14%
• Sweetmint13%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 311 · Switzerland 16 · Belgium 12 · Germany 12.

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 mint 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 mint tea?

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

What else is mint tea called?

French

Thés à la menthe, Thé à la menthe

German

Minztees, Pfefferminztees

Spanish

Tés con hierbabuena, Tés a la menta

Italian

Tè alla menta

Dutch

Munttheeën, Muntthee

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: Mint tea

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