Lemon Iced Tea Powdered Drink Mix

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 10 ingredients to avoid

Crystal Light Lemon Iced Tea Powdered Drink Mix scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g protein and 0g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Crystal Light Lemon Iced Tea Powdered Drink Mix lists 13 ingredients, starting with Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Corn Syrup Solids, Instant Tea and Aspartame. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

5 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100ml. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Crystal Light Lemon Iced Tea Powdered Drink Mix on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Crystal Light Lemon Iced Tea Powdered Drink Mix scores worse than most tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Kirkland Signature Matcha at 100/100.