Bottle Tea Has Low Antioxidant Levels
September 2, 2010 by Personal Liberty News Desk
Individuals who drink bottled iced tea may not be getting all the health benefits they believe they are. A new study presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society revealed that bottled tea has a fraction of the antioxidants as freshly brewed tea.
In fact, some brands of bottled iced tea have such low levels of antioxidants that consumers would have to drink 20 bottles to get the nutritional benefit as one cup of freshly brewed tea.
The sale of bottled tea and iced tea has grown into a major industry, accounting for more than $1 billion in annual sales, according to the report. The authors note that the health benefits offered by antioxidants are some of the main factors driving the industry’s growth.
"Consumers understand very well the concept of the health benefits from drinking tea or consuming other tea products," said the study’s lead author Shiming Li, who works at a New Jersey-based biotechnology company.
"However, there is a huge gap between the perception that tea consumption is healthy and the actual amount of the healthful nutrients," he said. 
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It’s also true that not all teas have the same levels of antioxidants. The Madura Green Tea & Papaya Leaf tea is one of the best. They are in NSW Australia.
I consume a lot of Lipton’s bottled green tea and have done so for a long time. I will now seriously consider discontinuing that practice unless Lipton can show evidence contrary to that which you have presented.