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Is Lipton Green ice tea mint&lemon ultra-processed?

500ml Green teas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lipton Green ice tea mint&lemon

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed green teas

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Sugar, Acids (Citric Acid, Malic Acid), Green Tea Extract 0.12%, Lime Juice from Concentrate 0.1%, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate), Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides from Stevia), Mint Leaf 0.01%, More information on ra.org, Best Before End (See Shoulder of Bottle, Refrigerate after opening and drink within 3 days, Tastes best when chilled, Want to get in touch? You can phone us in GB&NI on 0800 032 1767), ROI on 1800 696 127, visit the Contact Us Page on our website www.lipton.com and drop us a line on one of our social platforms CAP ON KO 110010321120

Additives: E127 Erythrosine , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E127 Erythrosine.

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Acids (Citric Acid, Malic Acid), Green Tea Extract (0.12%), Lime Juice from Concentrate (0.1%), Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate), Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides from Stevia), Mint Leaf Extract (0.01%). Rainforest Alliance Certified. More information on ra.org. Best Before End: See Shoulder of Bottle. Refrigerate after opening and drink within 3 days. Tastes best when chilled. Want to get in touch? You can phone us in GB&NI on 0800 032 1767, ROI on 1800 696 127, visit the Contact Us Page on our website www.lipton.com or drop us a line on one of our social platforms CAP ON KO 110010321120

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E127 Erythrosine Erythrosine is a synthetic red dye (FD&C Red No. 3 in the US).
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 green teas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 34% of the green teas here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 50 green teas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102240100, last edited 25 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.