Calculated Mean Content Values

Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
mg/100 ml 14.01 0.00 59.20 14.55
mol/100 ml 4.58e-05 0.00 1.93e-04 4.75e-05

Values calculated by aggregating data from 29 different samples from 6 unique publications.

Aglycone Mean Content Values

Aglycone Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
(+)-Gallocatechin mg/100 ml 14.01 0.00 59.20 14.55
mol/100 ml 4.58e-05 0.00 1.93e-04 4.75e-05

Original Content Values Used to Produce Means

Arts, I.C.W. ; van de Putte, B.;Hollman, P.C.H. (2000) Catechin Contents of Foods Commonly Consumed in The Netherlands. 2. Tea, Wine, Fruit juices and chocolate milk. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48:1752-1757 PubMed (10820090)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.89 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - English Melange - Albert Heijn no 1
0.56 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - English Melange - Pickwick DE no 1
2.61 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - Ceylon - Albert Heijn no 1
2.78 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - Ceylon - Pickwick DE no 1
0.61 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - Earl Grey - Albert Heijn no 1
0.70 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - Earl Grey - Pickwick DE no 1
1.05 mg/100 ml Black Tea Infusion - Lemon Melange - Pickwick DE no 1
0.89 mg/100 ml Black Tea - Forest fruit melange - Pickwick DE no 1
Pascual-Teresa de, S.; Santos-Buelga, C.; Rivas-Gonzalo, J.C. (2000) Quantitative analysis of flavan-3-ols in Spanish foodstuffs and beverages. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48:5331-5337 PubMed (11087482)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
2.08 mg/100 ml Black tea infusion no 3
Liang, Y.; Lu, J.; Zhang, L.; Wu, S.; Wu, Y. (2003) Estimation of black tea quality by analysis of chemical composition and colour difference of tea infusion. Food Chemistry 80:283-290
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
15.18 mg/100 ml China black tea 2 no 1
13.72 mg/100 ml China black tea 3 no 1
11.62 mg/100 ml China black tea 4 no 1
22.80 mg/100 ml China black tea 5 no 1
23.00 mg/100 ml China black tea 6 no 1
21.60 mg/100 ml China black tea 7 no 1
31.60 mg/100 ml China black tea 8 no 1
59.20 mg/100 ml China black tea 1 no 1
25.20 mg/100 ml China black tea 9 no 1
28.20 mg/100 ml China black tea 10 no 1
34.80 mg/100 ml China black tea 11 no 1
22.60 mg/100 ml China black tea 12 no 1
29.40 mg/100 ml China black tea 13 no 1
14.40 mg/100 ml China black tea 14 no 1
14.72 mg/100 ml China black tea 15 no 1
21.60 mg/100 ml China black tea 16 no 1
28.40 mg/100 ml China black tea 17 no 1
Pelillo, M.; Biguzzi, B.; Bendini, A.; Gallina Toschi, T.; Vanzini, M.; Lercker, G. (2002) Preliminary investigation into development of HPLC with UV and MS-electrospray detection for the analysis of tea catechins. Food Chemistry 78:369-374
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.00 mg/100 ml Black Tea infusion 1 (minced leaves) no 1
Long, H.; Zhu, Y.; Huang, T.; Coury, L.A.; Kissinger, P.T. (2001) Identification and determination of polyphenols in tea by liquid chromatography with multichannel electrochemical detection. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies 24:1105-1114
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.00 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Suntory,Japan no 1
Stewart A.J., Mullen W., Crozier A. (2005) On-line high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds in green and black tea. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 49:52-60 PubMed (15602765)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.00 mg/100 ml Black tea infusion no 1