Fruit teas, from least to most processed

We track 8 fruit teas, 63% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Metabolism.

What makes fruit teas ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of fruit teas that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Metabolism Twinings · 40g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 peppermint & licorice herbal tea Pukka · 20 piece NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Cranberry raspberry teabags Twinings · 40g NOVA group 1

Ultra-processed food (5)

  1. 4 Twinings Strawberry & Raspberry Tea Twinings · 40g NOVA group 4
  2. 5 Glow Twinings NOVA group 4
  3. 6 Strawberry, Raspberry & Cranberry Infusion Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  4. 7 Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea Pukka · 32 g NOVA group 4
  5. 8 Immune with vitamin C - tea NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.