Summer’s ringing… and we’re picking up with iced tea 🍹
It’s more than just a seasonal favorite — it can actually be a smart swap for sugary drinks. Whether it’s green, black, or herbal, iced tea brings flavor without the junk.
But here’s the catch: not all iced teas are created equal. Many popular brands are stripped of actual tea and pumped full of sugars and controversial additives.
To help you sip smarter, we’ve rounded up 10 of the best-rated iced teas on Yuka. Cool down, level up your health, and let iced tea do what it does best 🧊
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Original Black Tea - Just Ice Tea
Excellent - 81/100
This black iced tea has only three ingredients and is USDA certified organic. |
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Pure & Smooth Green Tea - Teas’ Tea
Excellent - 81/100
Brewed with organic green tea leaves, this iced tea has one-third the caffeine of coffee. |
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Unsweetened Iced Tea - Pure Leaf
Good - 71/100
Made with two ingredients, this black iced tea has zero calories and zero sugar. |
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Original Black Tea - Tejava
Good - 71/100
This black iced tea is brewed with no calories, sugar, sweeteners, or preservatives. |
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Famous Unsweet Tea - Milo’s
Good - 71/100
Available in two sizes, this iced tea is a blend of brewed teas with only two ingredients. |
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Blueberry & Pomegranate Green Tea - Trader Joe’s
Good - 71/100
This green iced tea is brewed with blueberry and pomegranate, and contains no added sugars. |
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Jasmine Green Tea - Ito En
Good - 71/100
This jasmine green iced tea is made with purified water, jasmine green tea, and vitamin C. |
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Unsweet Tea - Red Diamond
Good - 71/100
Fresh-brewed iced tea made from only three ingredients and zero sugar or calories. |
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Southern Style Unsweet Tea - Arizona
Good - 71/100
This iced tea is a brewed black blend with a touch of honey for flavor. |
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Dead Billionaire Tea - Liquid Death
Good - 64/100
Made with brewed tea, vitamins B6 & B12, no artificial sweeteners, and recyclable cans. |
Like all our rankings, this one was conducted completely independently, and no brand has paid to be included.
I only drink caffeine free, sugarless tea. Is there something available.
What about caffeine free?
Thank you 🙂
I could’ve sworn the liquid death now has stevia in their new recipe among all the flavors
Thank you, you never know until you click it.😊
Thank you for the info, especially with the heat wave 🥵I can find something great to drink
Thanks!
Love the app! Its so helpful!
Thank you!! This is the best info. App I have ever used.
Great advice. Thank you for all the recommendations
Thank you love the app and I brag about it to EVERYONE!
Thank you. I love your app.
Pure Leaf tea is my favorite. I’m happy to see it is listed in 3rd place here. I just love the Yuka app! I use it all the time and it’s so helpful to me.
Check out Walkers Tea concentrate on Amazon. It rates 100 Excellent on the Yuka app. That’s my favorite.
great help; iced teas
Where can I purchase LUMEN cold drinks?
12 proteins in one can‼️What info do you have on this drink???
Thank you for the reviews. It helps when I’m making a selection and I don’t need to scan first.
Thank you for the advice
Thanks so much for the great recommendation! I’m really grateful 🙏💕
Thanks.
Much appreciated. Thank you
Ty for the advise!
This is very helpful. Thank you.
GREAT APP luv it , tell a friend & strangers too
Excellent recommendations!! Thank You
Please stay away from Red Diamond. Had an issue with mold in a brand new gallon. Called the CS Dept, they did not even apologize for it. They stated that “small amounts” of mold was acceptable to them. As far as me drinking it and getting sick, they were not going to do anything about it. I didnt ask for anything. I was just looking for a “I’m Sorry, We’ll do everything we can to make sure it doesnt happen again” not the case. Only after speaking to CS, Upper management of Borden (where its manufactured) to the Red Diamond corporate office and telling them that this wasn’t a case of “i want something for my trouble” that i was just looking for a apology and to solve the issue going forward i received an “Oh. Well, we’re sorry….” They are not. This happens all the time. Please stay away from them. I have pics to prove if needed.
Great app I tell everyone
What about ice tea bags that you brew yourself at home? Are there any great ones that are recommended.
Love this app! Has has really opened my eyes on some items. Thanx for the heads up on teas. Arizona brand is my fav. Glad it made the list!
Thank you for all info and input you share
Love your app and allow users to comment. Thank you.
I have a comment about the brand names and how they effect mental health,
Although “Liquid Death” rates 61/100. I would never purchase it because of the name and the graphics. It gives a psychological message that is negative and even demonic. I would never recommend the tea because it can actually influence (especially our youth) in a negative psychological direction.
Lmao do some research. Stfu
Thank you for the information about all those teas!
Thank you!!! Your advice is always welcome and appreciated.
Can’t thank u enough!! Taking care of someone going on dialysis and we are struggling to know what’s best things to chose or especially what drink thank u for being helpful. I’m 83 and could use any info possible. Since phones can at times!!!!
Thank you for the info sure appreciate what you put out here for us to be able to get the best of the best. Thank you
I found someone had spit in a bottle of my Arizona Ice tea after I bought two cases of it I took pictures called the company they refunded my money this was about 3 years ago. It was pretty nasty we had to dig it out with tweezers it was like someone hocked it into the bottle. I drank it for years but that day I quit. Then I did research and found out that there was not any realty in the Arizona tea.
Thank you
I’ve been researching for years and I am a big tea drinker.
I’m interested in the best tea BAGS so I can make my own teas at home. Been hearing about micro plastics from teabags in a hot water.
Thank you for what you’re doing, shopping is so much easier now.
Trying to get away from all the poisonous products out there.
Are there any that are caffeine free? I try to avoid it for health reasons.
Thank you!
This is very helpful and informative! When I shop now I can direct my visual senses to specific products t HD at are relatively healthier.
Love ice tea, this is so good to know and perfect-heatwave timing!
Thank you for sharing I drink a variety of teas. Good to know which ones are better
Good information. Could you check out t-bags for us? I’m reading that many have microplastics 🙁
Yes! Additionally, I’ve read tea bags contain gluten. Do you have information if that is true or not. Thanks!
👍Thanks for the info! How important is it to drink organic tea? As a side note, I add lemon to my tea. I usually use the bottled lemon juice from Trader Joe’s because it is convenient and has no preservatives or additives.
Should we be drinking all organic teas and is it important that the paper around tea leaves be organic?
Thank you for sharing great information about the ice tea . I’m a tea drinker and always looking for good teas .
I love this app! I use it all the time!
I’m a tea drinker and looking for organic tea. Unfortunately I don’t care much for green tea. I wish I did because I know it’s very good for our health.
This is very helpful! It’s very hot in Oklahoma and I needed to know this. Thanks. 😊
Drink tea everyday….i usually make my own and do chai. Any brands you recommend . Thx for the great tea suggestions
What’s the best sweet tea?
They don’t rate sweeteners, I personally like the stavia sweet teas.. I would wager there’s probably ones sweeten with honey
I will check out a couple of these teas, but one of favorite tea to drink is Gold Peak will that one make the list
How about making your own Ice tea
Thank you for the tip I will definitely be purchasing one or more of these items
Love Pure Leaf peach tea!
Thank you so much. I love tea and was looking for healthy options.
If I’m a southern sweet tea gal, are there any good options? Or what is the healthiest way to add my own sweet to any of these teas?
Speaking as a southern man, it’s hard to beat Milo’s sweet tea.
Not thrilled yea in plastic containers are even contenders.
Pure Leaf a widely available pepsi product is definitely the way to go when you don’t have much choice. Compared to the gold peak coca cola product!
What about Tea 2 Go and H tea O ???
Why does Anyone want to drink “death” of any kind??
Grosses me out
Always appreciate your research! Thankyou
KEEP US INFORMED … SO WE THE PEOPLE CAN MAKE BETTER … HEALTHIER CHOICES!!!!!!!! THANKS JULIE AND CREW!!
Thanks Julie. I very find your articles very interesting and I share them with a lot of people.
Looks good!
Love ice tea ,have tried some of them the liquid death can be found at Dollat tree big can,and it is so worth it.
What about Tradewinds Unsweetened?
Love the info keep it coming!
Usually make my own. 😊
I always drink Pure Leaf unsweet.
Milos is the best
Your app has been very helpful in choosing healthy foods. Is there any way to add carb amounts to the foods?
We are trying to reduce carbs due to diabetes. Thus addition would be helpful
Buying small amounts on the run, ice tea is great. It sure beats the sugary drinks.
We brew our own at home.
Trouble is, a lot of these are rather exotic, meaning I can’t find them at local grocery stores. Except for pure leaf, Arizona, and perhaps one of the others, it’s tough to find these.
Hi Julie
Where can these teas be found what store i only shop at Safeway stores and I have turned on so many people with your app we all love it a lot of people like trader, Joe’s and sprouts, I don’t a lot of stuff in those stores, I have scanned and they are really bad. So now I find so many things that I can eat and I am a vegetarian. I eat the good stuff and try to stay away from the bad stuff. But thank you so much, so please let me know where I can find those teas. I’m not really a tea drinker. Or a coffee drinker, I really just drink water and the steel water is the only water that I drink. Thank you again julie
Nothing like Pure Leaf on a hot Summer Day!
Thanks so very much 4 this Information.
I just love reading what Yuka has for me. I use the app for all my menu planning. What a great year for eating healthy.
Thank you. I drink iced tea all day and this helps my choices.
Thank you, I appreciate you sharing this. So helpful for making a great choice for my family.
Thank you for that. I’ve always looking for a ready-made iced tea and I was so happy to see your 10 best Thank you
Good to know.thank you. Always helpful in making the right choices
Thanks! The girls in the office got me hooked on your app…so glad they did! Loss a pound, or two! 🙂
What about Gold Peak.? Where do they rate?TIA
Thank you so much for the ratings on. Ice tea
I have been craving it All I drink is water and one cup of coffee in the mirning
same here. . . I love this app, I have witnessed to almost everyone I see, picking out bad products, after I introduce to them Yuka, and they start scanning their basket I have seen nearly 86% of the people I witness too return or put the food in their basket back, as they reach for a better product that is also in the app. Love, love, love this app. I have now been healthier than ever, by putting clean food in my mouth.
Thanks, Julie.
Love you Yuka app. We use it all the time to check items before we decide to buy. Could Yuka provide the level of potassium and phosphorus in our food and drinks? It would be a great service for people with chronic kidney disease.
Thank you so much for that information. Really do appreciate it.
What about cold brew tea bags that you brew with your own water?
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks!!!!
THANK YOU…SO APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION.
Thank you
Red Diamond is the best tea. Made in Leeds,Alabama. I buy the tea bags when in Alabama. Make my own tea not from bottles.
I’m sure you know that this site has been mentioned on a few podcasts, Shawn Ryan mentions you a lot and even mentioned your site on Joe Rogan. I’ve been with you for a few years and I appreciate the transparency. Thank you.
Thank you for this information. Good to know
YOU FORGOT TRUE LEMON ICE TEA
Wonderful tips !!!
This was so helpful thank you so much, Julie
Why are you touting a tea (Southern Style Unsweet Tea – Arizona) that comes in a #7 recycle bottle?
Thank you so very much! I’ve been making my own decaffeinated ice tea and would like to find a decaffeinated one on the market.
Thanks
This is a good list! I like a good Iced Tea that’s not sweet
Number 9 .. I love this Iced Tea
Thank You Yuka 😊 I have shared your app with a lot of people, Thank God for you, You are raising Awareness to people who other wise wouldn’t know of the Danger that is in some of the food we eat .
Love the list!! Your judgement is amazing and greatly appreciated!!
Hello, can you inform me the coconut water top 10 please? Thank you. I don’t drink ice tea
Thank you so much for all of your hard work to make life healthier for consumers like me! Yuka has changed the way how me and my husband grocery shop. Of course, I still sing your praises every chance I get and whomever will listen! I will definitely purchase the teas recommended. It reached 100 degrees in South Carolina today. And there’s nothing more refreshing than a cold glass of iced tea! Thank you again for your hard work!
I had no idea that’s what liquid death was. Weird name for an iced tea.
Yes I agree!
But Liquid Death is a canned water and beverage company known for their sustainably. They use edgy marketing for their products as saying “death to plastic” they are an alternative for bottled water.
Thanks for your advice for keep our health healthy
Thank you for this list. I appreciate what your company does. I use the app all the time. Thanks again
Are any of these good for kidney disease?
You might want to check the ingredients on the Dead Billionaire tea. They changed the recipe.
Thank you 😊
I really enjoy the Lipton Pure Leaf unsweetened tea.
Whew! I am glad Pure Leaf was among those!!
Thanks I love the info you give❣️
What about homemade sun tea ?
Which is the better black tea to make
Are any decaffeinated ice tea?
I second the motion about plastic bottles. I realize that the cap is likely to have plastic, but it would be nice to know which are glass. Do the same brands in cans have the same ratings?
Please do a review on Lemon Water (not lemonade).
Thank you!
I wonder about Sport tea, tea bags from Amazon. They sound great, the box reads well but who knows??
7 of those iced I have never seen or heard of! Where are you shopping?
I make my own iced tea using decaffeinated tea bags and no sugar. Sometimes I put fresh raspberries in the tea for a little flavor. Many of the Yuka favored brands are not in my local Florida stores, and most store brands have caffeine. In a pinch, I buy Pure Leaf or Arizona, but it’s caffeinated, and I avoid green tea because of the caffeine. Thank you for the good info!
We drink gallons of ice tea, especially in the summer. So I make it myself, with a Mr. Coffee Iced Tea maker, using Red Rose decaf black tea bags. Very economical – probably works out to 10 – 15 cents a gallon!
I buy Blueberry Green tea from Harney and Son’s and brew it myself. Much cheaper and you can control the sweetness during brewing or adding it after. They have other delicious flavors as well.
This app has changed my life! I use it every time I go grocery shopping!! Thank you!
I like Giant Eagle marketplace unsweetened green tea!
WHY IS ‘RED DIAMOND’ BRAND NOT ON THIS LIST?
Thanks for the info….I like using your app when I go to the grocery store, Walgreens, etc. 👏🏻👍🏻
I live in Florida. We drink a lot of ice tea. In some stores it’s hard to find a healthy ice tea.
So so many sweet teas ( it’s the south ).
Are there any with no caffeine?
Thanks for the suggestions.Great help
Being from Oklahoma, I can’t imagine drinking unsweetened tea. For me it’s Milos!
I love to get tips from you !!! Thank you for doing are life easier.❤️
Thanks for info about bottled teas! Can you comment on the best tea bags; especially green tea.
I love the Yuka app. I use it everytime I go to the grocery store or my favorite co-op. I have learned so much from the app!
Love your site. Thank you💟
I like just ice tea but hard to find i use Yuka all the time Thank You
What about tea bags and cold brew bags?
Thanks!
This Yuka app is so amazing!! I’ve saved so much money using this the past year and I’m so thankful for it. Alot of things that I thought was healthy wasn’t and this app is the truth!!
Thank you for informed me.
I luv the Yuka app! I use it for everything
What about decaf teas
Check out St James organic tea. There’s several flavors, I love it.
Making your own sun tea is so easy. My sunny kitchen window always is brewing a new batch of tea all summer long. All you need are tea bags and a glass pitcher of water.
Just Tea is soooo good! It’s a tad pricey, but still less than a café would charge!
Do u have decaffeinated ice tea rating
What do you think of the Zero Sugar HEB TX brewed Tea? I wish I could post a pic. But I love it!!
Very Usefull. Thanks
I drink decaf tea all the time but is there a brand of orange pecoe and black tea in tea bags that are healthier and decaffeinated naturally?
Thank you
I use your app when I need anything! My granddaughter turned me on to Yuka and it’s been a very helpful tool. Thank you for thinking of us!
A few of those products seem to be in plastic containers. Based on the emerging science on microplastics, I am cutting way back on plastic containers. Otherwise, great article! I share these Yuka pages with friends.
Just read a study showing certain glass bottle have much more microplastics than plastic ones. Pretty crazy. It came from the bottle lid and lables.
Nothing is safe anymore. 🙁
Tejava unsweetened teas are truly delicious. With no calories, sugars or preservatives, what else can you ask for?
Thank you. I have told my friends about this app. I don’t buy anything until I scan it. This app has save me a lot of money thank you again.
Once again your information is a treasure for the body.
Thank you for this information. Its like the universe answered my question for me. I went to a convenient store just last weekend and was going to grab a green tea but honestly didn’t know what is in ANY OF THEM, so I just chose a water 😉. You’ve made it very easy for me now 😃, thank you
Great job
I would like to add that when you check items at your grocery store and the item comes up bad loaded with additives call them out on the APP. Send in the email it’s easy. We the people with this great APP can make the difference. You are what you eat.
Thank you for sharing. I do drink iced tea once in a while. Sometime you want something other than just plain water.
Thank You for a great service Julie!
Thank you for all of your help, I appreciate it. On my less sugar journey, I need all the help I can get! Thank you.
Thank you
Thank you for sending this. I’m looking for a good ice tea. Costco carries a few but all registers poor in Yuka.
Thank you for sharing
I needed this. Great app I use ot regularly.
Thank you for sharing! I am a tea drinker.👍🏿
Thank you for your suggestions on the clean choices for iced tea. One other suggestion, many folks like a drink called an Arnold Palmer. It usually is 3/4 iced tea and a 1/8 -1/4 of unsweetened Lemonade. It would be great to highlight the choices of lemonade with lower sugar options or choices with Monk Fruit.
Congratulations, on Yuka being featured in a health segment on the Today Show recently with Vicky (Wyn) Nguyen.
I don’t like buying anything that’s in plastic glass is great. And which is better black tea or green?
I am curious why Pure Leaf has only 2 ingredients and is rated only 71/100? Just Ice Tea has 3 ingredients and is rated 81/100.
Thinking the same thing
I believe that being organic adds 10 points.
I like pure leaf and Arizona ice tea however I prefer to make my on.
any reports on leaf tea such as Luzianne?
I use a little stevia, some honey in my teas sometimes. Most of the time I make my own teas and usually drink them without any sweetener.
Wow so I just can’t drink sweet tea at all?
Thank you for sharing!
Been drinking Arizona Diet Green Tea for many years. Great product with great benefits. Antioxidants!
Living in the South I drink unsweetened Ice Tea all day long. This is very helpful for a good OLD Southern Boy! Thanks
I prefer Pure Leaf Sweet Tea – I find it not too sweet and very refreshing.
What about Y’all Sweet Tea? It ranks 71 on the Yuka app which is higher than or equal to your top rated. You can make it with zero sugar or sweeten to taste.
I love iced tea, but I like it a little sweeter. Some are way too sweet. Any happy mediums out there to choose from?
Pure Leaf has a couple “Subtly Sweet” – lemon, peach, and plain. Label says lower sugar. I don’t know how they score on Yuka though.
Thank you for sharing this information.
Thankyou for sharing these great product
Great information. Thank you 😊
I love this article. Love Yuka. And love your mission. Thank you!
Thank you!
I have scan pure leaf unsweetened iced tea with your app and it came up with very harmful additives why is it on this list.
What about Arnold Palmer Ice Tea?
Good to know that .
Thank you very much !
This is great. Thank u
Wow, thank you very much. This definitely helps us choose the right and healthiest product.
I have been told that LIQUID DEATH has had WITCH DOCTORS CAST EVIL SPIRITS INTO THEIR DRINKS which is rather creepy!
When is YUKA going to open a YUKA grocery store?!? Only YUKA approved products allowed😜💕
Why is the highest rating 81/100.
Why not 100/100 ?
I thought the same thing too. Maybe its because there’s a process the tea and tea bags go through?
Thanks you for letting know
Glass is best! All
Is the can with tea in it of course, good ? Tea and tin? Flavor change I would think? Also the tea has even glass a discoloration?
Thanks Julie you have made my choice of buying tea much safer.
Once in a while I will buy ice tea so thanks again for your dedication to healthy eating!
Thank you so much Julie!! You took all the guess work out for me. I love my teas.
Thank you
Many people I know do not buy these ready-made-drinks.
I make my own iced tea when it gets hot in the summertime. It’s so easy to make, taste better and is less expensive. Why should I buy tea in a bottle??
I do not want to miss your app anymore. It is most helpful for a healthy grocery shopping. Thanks a lot!
Thank you. I use your app every time I go shopping. Extremely useful.