Bigelow Green Tea is a hot or cold tea beverage with a fragrant, mellow taste and no calories. The tea is a good source of healthy antioxidants, which Bigelow emphasizes on the tea's packaging. Bigelow manufactures and packages the tea in the United States, and lists the product as Kosher Parve and gluten free.
Serving Information
Bigelow packages the green tea in an individual tea bag. One serving is an 8-oz. cup of water with one tea bag. Prepare the tea by heating the water and placing the tea bag into the cup to soak and seep into the water for 10 minutes. This creates a hot green tea beverage, which you can cool and serve over ice.
Calories
The beverage contains no calories when you prepare it with water and serve without a sweetener. Adding sugar increases the value by 16 calories for each 1 tsp. added. A single packet of sugar substitute adds less than 1 calorie.
Carbohydrates
Bigelow Green Tea contains zero grams of carbohydrates. This means there is no sugar or fiber in tea made with water. The carbohydrate value increase to 4 g for every 1 tsp. of sugar added as a sweetener. Sugar substitutes add less than 1 g of carbohydrates for each packet.
Fat and Protein
Bigelow Green Tea has no protein, fat or cholesterol. Sweetening the tea with sugar or a sugar substitute does not add any protein or fat.
Potassium and Caffeine
A single serving tea packet of Bigelow Green Tea has approximately 10 mg of potassium. According to the manufacturer, there is 25 to 50 mg of caffeine in each serving of the tea. Sugar and sugar substitutes added to the tea do not contribute any vitamins and minerals to the beverage.
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