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Ceylon black tea on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Ceylon black tea is a kind of black tea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 76 products, most often in unsweetened drinks.
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Does Ceylon black tea contain an allergen?
Ceylon black tea is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.
Is Ceylon black tea vegan?
Yes. Ceylon black tea is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does Ceylon black tea have on a label?
On European labels it is “thé noir du Sri Lanka” in French, “Ceylon Schwarztee” in German and “tè nero di Ceylon” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- thé noir du Sri Lanka, thé noir Ceylan
- German
- Ceylon Schwarztee
- Italian
- tè nero di Ceylon
- Finnish
- ceylonin musta tee
- Croatian
- cejlonski crni čaj
Which foods contain Ceylon black tea?
Open Food Facts lists Ceylon black tea or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 76 products, most often unsweetened drinks and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Belgium.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 59 · United States 7 · Belgium 2 · New Zealand 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ceylon black tea turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is Ceylon black tea?
Ceylon black tea is a kind of black tea.
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- Open Food Facts: Ceylon black tea
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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