Is Lipton Iced Green Tea actually tea?
 (HealthCastle.com) A few of our readers who read our 7-Up article wrote to us about Lipton Iced Green Tea. They know that green tea contains polyphenols, which give tea its antioxidant properties. But they are not sure if Lipton Iced Green Tea is actually green tea or not.
Lipton Iced Green Tea: shockingly long ingredient list
We went to the Lipton web site and looked up the ingredient list of their Iced Green Tea. We naively anticipated the list to contain water, green tea and perhaps some sort of added sugars. However, the list is shockingly long.
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"Water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, green tea, sodium hexametaphosphate, ascorbic acid, honey, natural flavors, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium edta, caramel color, tallow 5, blue1."
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More like Soft drink than Green Tea!
With 200 calories, 13 teaspoons of added sugar and a long list of artificial ingredients, Lipton Iced Green Tea is more like a bottle of soft drink than tea.
To make your own natural iced green tea, brew green tea leaves in a jar of water. Then cool it in the refrigerator. Serve it as is or add citrus juice or honey to your preference.
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 Other Natural Thirst Quenchers:
- Calorie-free water
- Iced water with lemon or lime
- Real fruit juice
- Low fat (1%) or skim milk
- Self-brewed tea
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