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Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags)

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Is Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags) healthy?

Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags) scores 32/100 on Scout's independent analysis of ingredients, additives, and lab results — one of the lower scores in Scout's catalog. Tazo Awake English Breakfast scores 32/100.

How processed is Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags)?

Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags) is NOVA Group 4: Ultra-Processed Foods.

How does Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags) compare to other tea?

Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags) ranks #25 of 36 tea in Scout's independent rankings. The current top score in the category is Rooted Organic Green Tea (Microplastic Free) at 100/100.

Which ingredients drive Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags)'s score?

In Scout's ingredient-by-ingredient analysis, Black Tea (Assam, Ceylon, Kenyan blend) counts in its favor; Polypropylene tea bag (Microplastic shedding) is flagged as an ingredient of concern. The full breakdown, with why each one matters, is in the Key ingredients section on this page.

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Tazo Awake English Breakfast Black Tea (20ct filterbags)

Tazo
32 Poor

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Beneficial ingredients 1
Harmful ingredients 1
Owned by Ekaterra
Category Tea
Summary

Tazo Awake English Breakfast scores 32/100. The tea itself is the cleanest of the Tazo bagged lineup — a single-ingredient malty black tea blend with no flavor additives. The score is dragged down almost entirely by the delivery system: the rectangular filterbag is paper heat-sealed with polypropylene, and brewing it at 95 °C releases billions of micro- and nanoplastic particles directly into the cup (Hernandez et al. 2019; Banaei et al. 2024). If you brew the same blend loose in a stainless-steel infuser, you keep the antioxidant payload and lose nearly all of the downside.

Key ingredients 2

Polypropylene tea bag (Microplastic shedding)
Very Bad

Tazo's standard rectangular filterbags are paper heat-sealed with polypropylene. Hernandez et al. 2019 (Environ. Sci. Technol., McGill) measured ~11.6 billion microplastic and ~3.1 billion nanoplastic particles released per cup from plastic-containing tea bags brewed at 95 °C. Banaei et al. 2024 (Chemosphere, UAB Barcelona) confirmed polypropylene bags shed ~1.2 billion particles per mL and demonstrated particle uptake by human intestinal cells in vitro. There is no established safe exposure threshold for chronic ingestion of polypropylene nanoplastics from food contact materials.

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Black Tea (Assam, Ceylon, Kenyan blend)
Very Good

Black tea is rich in theaflavins, thearubigins, and catechins. Habitual consumption is associated with modest improvements in endothelial function and LDL cholesterol (Hodgson 2008 meta-analysis). Naturally contains caffeine (~40-60 mg per cup) and ~25 mg L-theanine, which smooths the stimulant curve.

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Processing

Group 4 · Ultra-processed

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