Sweetened Black Tea

Name: Sweetened Black Tea
Brand: Gold Peak

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Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea healthy?

Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea scores 25/100 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. 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 Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea?

Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea lists 3 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid and Natural Flavors. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea’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 Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea?

Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea compare to other tea?

At 25/100 Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea scores worse than most tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Kirkland Signature Matcha at 100/100.

Is Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea organic?

Gold Peak Sweetened Black Tea is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.