Black Tea Solids

Black Tea Solids appears in 19 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.

What the data can answer

Black Tea Solids appears in 19 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.

19
catalogued products
#9,730
usage rank of 247,206
2
named brands represented
28%
average depth down ingredient lists

Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.

Reading this ingredient record

Audit the co-occurring flags first

57.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Black Tea Solids as the trigger. Open records such as Cold brew black tea bags; Energy drink; Energy iced tea drink and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 28% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

57.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 16 of 19 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.

Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.

Black Tea Solids: top-decile catalog footprint (#9,730 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#9,730
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 368 others that also appear in exactly 19 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
28%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 19 products listing it (mean slot 2.8). Black Tea Solids usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.

Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Black Tea Solids

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 60708090100110 00.511.522.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Black Tea Solids
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

Top-decile company for Black Tea Solids: 19 listings averaging 82.6/100.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Black Tea Solids evidence

19 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Black Tea Solids are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Black Tea Solids to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Black Tea Solids

How should I read safety signals when Black Tea Solids sits in heavily flagged products?

57.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Black Tea Solids is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Black Tea Solids?

Black Tea Solids ranks in the top decile by product count (#9,730 of 247,206), appearing in 19 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Black Tea Solids so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Black Tea Solids appears in 19 products (#9,730 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Black Tea Solids). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.