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Tea Nutrition Facts

Other than vitamins and minerals, tea also contains other important nutrients that play important roles in the body. These nutrients include amino acids, caffeine, calories, chlorophyll, essential oils, fibers, polyphenols and others.

The medicinal properties of tea are attributed to flavonoid phytochemicals called polyphenols. The polyphenols found in tea mainly belong to the subtype called catechins. Green tea has more catechins than black tea (about 25% vs 4%). White tea is almost as rich in catechins as green tea but is different in composition and less well studied. The main catechins in green tea include gallocatechin (GC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin (EC), and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

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