Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic

Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic

92Clean

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 (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.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 · 5

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Common questions

Is Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic healthy?

Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic scores 92/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Guayaki Yerba Mate Bottled/Canned Drinks (still). 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 Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic?

Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic lists 5 ingredients, starting with Organic Brewed Yerba Mate, Organic Yerba Mate Extract, Organic Lemon Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid and Organic Caffeine. 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 Organic contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic’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 Organic?

Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic compare to other tea?

At 92/100 Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic sits in our top band, among the better tea we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tea is Kirkland Signature Matcha at 100/100.

Is Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic organic?

Yes. Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic 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 Organic contain phthalates?

Yerba Madre Guayaki Yerba Mate Organic 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.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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