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Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion

Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion

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Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Lead54 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 11×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Dandy Blend
Cadmium39 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 7.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Dandy Blend
Arsenic39 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 3.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Dandy Blend
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Dandy Blend

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion healthy?

Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage. 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.

What is in Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion?

Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion lists 4 ingredients, starting with Roasted Barley Extracts, Roasted Rye Extracts, Roasted Chicory Root Extracts and Roasted Dandelion Root Extracts. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion?

Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion compare to other tea?

At 0/100 Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion scores worse than most tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Kirkland Signature Matcha at 100/100.

Is Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion organic?

Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion is not certified organic in our data.

Has Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Roasted barley, rye, chicory, dandelion root) with the other products in its family, Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion contain heavy metals?

Dandy Blend Caffeine Free Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 39 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Dandy Blend, cadmium at 39 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Dandy Blend and lead at 54 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Dandy Blend. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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