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Twinings Chai Decaffeinated Tea

Excellent out of 100 Medium confidence
  • Contains caffeine
  • No additives
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Why it scores 98

Twinings Chai Decaffeinated Tea scores 98 out of 100 (Excellent) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:

  1. Natural flavors: "Natural flavor" is a legal category (21 CFR 101.22(a)(3)): flavor substances from spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy or fermentation. Info

Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.

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Chai Decaffeinated Tea

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Ingredients

  • Natural flavors
    Info "Natural flavor" is a legal category (21 CFR 101.22(a)(3)): flavor substances from spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy or fermentation. [1][2]
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Nutrition

  • Nutrition facts unavailable
    Info No nutrition facts on file, so nutrition was not scored.
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TOTAL 98Excellent

100 − 2.5 = 97.5 → 98

GTIN 00070177267582 · 2024-12-18

score v1.3.0 · kb 2026.10.11

Medium confidence

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Ingredients

High Moderate Not recognized Tap an ingredient for its evidence and rules.
Label text, as published

decaffeinated black tea, natural chai, cinnamon & ginger flavours with other natural flavours, cardamom, clove.

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Sources

  1. 21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives

    Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), U.S. Office of the Federal Register · Dec 19, 2016 · Law

    “whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”

    ecfr.gov

  2. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org

  3. Spilling the Beans: How Much Caffeine is Too Much?

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration · Regulator

    “For most adults, the FDA has cited 400 milligrams* a day — that's about two to three 12-fluid-ounce cups of coffee — as an amount not generally associated with negative effects.”

    fda.gov

  4. Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III point 4.1 (beverages with high caffeine content)

    European Union (Official Journal) · Oct 25, 2011 · Law

    “‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’”

    eur-lex.europa.eu