UK TEA

UK Teas
PFPC 1996 -2009

UK Tea Facts:

  • In the UK, the majority of the daily fluoride intake comes from tea, estimated to be providing 70% of total intake (Rao, 1984).
  • Daily consumption of tea per person is 3 cups a day (National Drinks Survey 2001)

BRAND

Fluoride

Tetley

3.2 mg/l

Tesco 1:
Aluminum

3.7 mg/l
6.0 mg/l

Tesco 2:
Total F- (sol & unsol)

5.8 mg/l
11.6 mg/l

Typhoo

1.7 mg/l

Sainsbury’s

2.8 mg/l

Brook Bond

2.5 mg/l

Rao GS - "Dietary intake and bioavailability of fluoride" Annu Rev Nutr 4:115-36
(1984)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=6380 535

Simpson A, Shaw L, Smith AJ - "The bio-availability of fluoride from black tea" J Dent 29(1):15-21 (2001)

    After rinsing with tea, 34% of the fluoride is retained in the oral cavity (Simpson et al, 2001).

SEE ALSO:
Tea & Oral Health Facts
http://www.teahealth.co.uk/th/facts/pdf/Tea%20&%20Oral%20Health.pdf