Tops iced tea mix with sugar and lemon flavor

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 ingredients to avoid

Tops iced tea mix with sugar and lemon flavor scores 24/100 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.

Tops iced tea mix with sugar and lemon flavor lists 6 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Citric Acid, Instant Tea, Caramel Color and Peppermint-lemon-cucumber Natural Flavor. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 24/100 Tops iced tea mix with sugar and lemon flavor scores worse than most tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Kirkland Signature Matcha at 100/100.