Tea-based beverages: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in tea-based beverages?

Of 1,549 packs of tea-based beverages whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 31 (2%) list one 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 are tea-based beverages usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of tea-based beverages list, with the share of packs that list each: tea (88%), water (86%), sugar (70%) and e330 citric acid (65%).

• Tea88%
• Water86%
• Sugar70%
• E330 citric acid65%
• Black tea42%
• Fruit juice28%
• Green tea26%
• Filtered water22%
• E300 ascorbic acid (vitamin c)21%
• Lemon juice20%
• Peach17%
• E331 sodium citrates16%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: United States 2,533 · France 2,345 · Germany 593 · Spain 450.

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 tea-based beverages.

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 are tea-based beverages?

In the Open Food Facts categories, tea-based beverages are one of the beverages.

What else are tea-based beverages called?

French

Boissons au thé, Thés infusés

German

Teegetränke, Teebasierte Getränke

Spanish

Bebidas de té

Italian

Bevande a base di tè

Dutch

Dranken op basis van thee

Portuguese

Bebidas à base de chá

Swedish

Tebaserade drycker

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: Tea-based beverages

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