Jaztea Original tea plastic bottle

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Jaztea Original tea plastic bottle scores 34/100 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.

Jaztea Original tea plastic bottle lists 8 ingredients, starting with Water, Black Tea Extract, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid and Sodium Benzoate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 34/100 Jaztea Original tea plastic bottle scores worse than most tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Best Foods Earl Grey Organic Black Tea at 100/100.