Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE

Guayaki YERBA MATE

—Unrated

Contaminants · 18

From lab tests of this product’s family

Guayaki Yerba Mate Bottled/Canned Drinks (still)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Di (2-ethylhexyl) Terephthalate0.0145 ppmof 60 ppm

<1% of the limitEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHT (FCM 798) SML 60 mg/kg, group restriction with DINCH. No tighter published limit exists (EFSA TDI 1 mg/kg bw/day).

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Benzylbutyl PhthalateNDof 6 ppm

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442 — BBP SML 6 mg/kg (cut from 30). Also inside the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit (BBP x0.1 = 6 mg/kg alone).

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Bisphenol a (BPA)NDof 1 ppb

Not detectedEU Reg. (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

BpfNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedNot on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), and Reg. 2024/3190 restricts hazardous bisphenols; no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

BPS (Bisphenol s)NDof 50 ppb

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — BPS (4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol) SML 0.05 mg/kg; BfR applies the same 0.05 mg/kg.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Di-n-octyl PhthalateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDNOP is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)NDof 6 ppb

Not detectedUS EPA drinking-water MCL, 40 CFR 141.61(c) — 0.006 mg/L. Applied to all foods as the TIGHTEST published DEHP number; the EU food-contact limit is looser (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442: SML 0.6 mg/kg, plus the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit with DBP/BBP/DIBP).

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Dibutyl PhthalateNDof 120 ppb

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442 — DBP SML 0.12 mg/kg (cut from 0.3). Also inside the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit (DBP x5).

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Dicyclohexyl PhthalateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDCHP is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diethylhexyl AdipateNDof 18 ppm

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHA (FCM 207) SML 18 mg/kg.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

DiethylphthalateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDEP is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Dihexyl PhthalateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate, EU Repr. 1B) is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diisobutyl PhthalateNDof 150 ppb

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 2023/1442 group restriction — DBP x5 + DIBP x4 + BBP x0.1 + DEHP <= 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalents, so DIBP alone may not exceed 0.15 mg/kg. DIBP is not itself an authorised substance.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diisodecyl AdipateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDIDA (diisodecyl adipate) is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diisodecyl PhthalateNDof 1.8 ppm

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442 — DINP+DIDP group SML 1.8 mg/kg (sum). Applied to each alone.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diisononyl 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic AcidNDof 60 ppm

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DINCH (FCM 775) group restriction with DEHT, 60 mg/kg. No tighter published limit exists (EFSA TDI 1 mg/kg bw/day).

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Diisononyl ortho PhthalateNDof 1.8 ppm

Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442 — DINP+DIDP group SML 1.8 mg/kg (sum). Applied to each alone.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

DimethylphthalateNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedDMP is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.

Measured in: Guayaki Yerba Mate - Bluephoria

Ingredients · 9

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Common questions

What is in Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE?

Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE lists 9 ingredients, starting with Organic Brewed Roasted Yerba Mate, Organic Brewed Elder Flower, Organic Yerba Mate Extract, Organic Ginger Juice and Purified Water. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE’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 Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE?

Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE compare to other tea?

We haven't scored Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE yet, so there's nothing to compare it against in tea.

Is Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE organic?

Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE is not certified organic in our data.

Has Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Water with organic brewed yerba mate and extract; flavoured with juice or natural flavor; no cocoa, nuts or rice) with the other products in its family, Guayaki Yerba Mate Bottled/Canned Drinks (still), 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 Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE contain phthalates?

Yerba Madre Guayaki YERBA MATE itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for benzylbutyl phthalate, di-n-octyl phthalate, DEHP, dibutyl phthalate, dicyclohexyl phthalate and 6 others and found none above its detection limit. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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