Nestea Lemon Iced Tea can

Breakdown

9 ingredients to avoid

Nestea Lemon Iced Tea can scores 15/100 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.

Nestea Lemon Iced Tea can lists 13 ingredients, starting with Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid and Sodium Polyphosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Nestea Lemon Iced Tea can 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.