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Hot Beverages Roundup

We analyzed 304 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Hot Beverages shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 304 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Hot Beverages you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Ueshima Coffee (Ucc Hawaii) Corp

Green Tea

Ingredients: Water, green tea, ascorbic acid.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
39
Sugar
9g
Turkey Hill

Tea

Ingredients: Water, corn syrup, sugar, tea, citric acid, natural flavors, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate (preserve freshness).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
4
Sugar
0g
Turkey Hill

Diet Green Tea, Ginseng & Honey

Ingredients: Water, honey, green tea, citric acid, aspartame*, black tea, natural flavors, ginseng extract, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate (preserve freshness).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Benzoate
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Heinen's Iced Tea

Heinen's Organic Unsweetened With Lemon Iced Tea

Ingredients: Filtered water, organic black tea, organic green tea essence, organic lemon flavor, citric acid.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Morton,Morton & Bassett Spice,Morton & Bassett Spices

Fennel Seed

Ingredients: Fennel seed

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Pure Leaf

Unsweetened real green brewed tea, unsweetened

Ingredients: Brewed green tea, ascorbic acid (to protect flavor), natural flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
3
Sugar
0g
Lipton, Unilever

Lipton diet green tea with citrus pack

Ingredients: Water, citric acid, sodium hexametaphosphate (to protect flavor), green tea, natural flavor, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), phosphoric acid, potassium sorbate (preserves freshness), aspartame, acesulfame potassium, citrus pectin, calcium disodium edta (to pro

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Phosphoric Acid
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Tetley

Premium black tea

Ingredients: Black tea

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Celestial Seasonings

Sleepytime Sinus Soother

Ingredients: Spearmint, Licorice, peppermint, Tulsi, stinging, nettle, fennel, chamomile, lemongrass, natural menthol flavor And TILIA Flowers

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Celestial Seasonings

Energy Tea Green Tea

Ingredients: green tea, natural peach flavor with other natural flavors, matcha, green tea extract

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Yogi

Pumpkin Spice

Ingredients: organic vannilla,organic pumpkin spice flavor

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Blue Lotus Chai

Golden Masala Chai

Ingredients: Naturally brewed and flash-dried black tea powder, ginger root powder, ground cardamom, ground black pepper, ground turmeric, powdered maca root, powdered cinnamon (cassia), ground nutmeg, ground cloves

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Great Value

Organic Arabica Half Caff

Ingredients: organic arabica coffee.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
1
Sugar
0g
tradition medicines, Traditional Medicinals

Organic Mother's Milk

Ingredients: Organic bitter fennel fruit Organic anise fruit Organic coriander fruit Organic fenugreek seed Organic blessed thistle herb Proprietary Blend: Organic spearmint leaf Organic West Indian lemongrass leaf Organic lemon verbena leaf Organic marshmallow root + Daily Value (DV) not established. Made by TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS 4515 Ross Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472 USA Certified organic by CCOF. All Ingredients Certified Organic. USDA ORGANIC NON GMO Project K VERIFIED nongmoproject.org 560 mg 350 mg 210 mg 35 mg 35 mg 560 mg Certified B † t t t † † † t † Corporation This product is intended for use when nursing. Please discuss use of this product, and any other supplement products, with your healthcare practitioner. Do not use this produc you are allergic to plants in the parsley (Apiaceae) family, such as fennel or coriander, or plants in the daisy (Asteraceae) family such as chamomile, echinacea or blessed thistle. If pregnant and breastfeeding, consult your healthcare practitioner prior to use. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
387
Protein
33g
Nishikidôri

Nishikidôri Thé Matcha Fuji Kyoto Japan

Ingredients: Matcha

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
5
Sugar
1g
Prince of Peace

Instant American Ginseng Tea

Ingredients: Ingredients / Ingrédients: Glucose, American Ginseng Extract. / Glucose, extrait de ginseng américain.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Szechuan Flavor

Black Goji Berries

Ingredients: black goji berries

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Da Mizle

Nurunji with Solomon’s Seal Tea

Ingredients: Crispy rice crust, Brown rice, Solomon's seal, Corn.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Richard

Richard Royal Ceylon black tea (Чай чёрный листовой цейлонский Роял Цейлон)

Ingredients: чай чёрный листовой цейлонский

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Celestial Seasonings

Raspberry Cold Brew Iced Tea

Ingredients: BLACK TEA, HIBISCUS, NATURAL RASPBERRY FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, TEA EXTRACT, AND CITRIC ACID.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Té de Jamaica

Ingredients: Hibiscus Flower, Jamaica

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Harney & Sons Fine Teas

Black Cask Bourbon Smoky Black Tea with Vanilla and Caramel

Ingredients: black tea, lapsang souchong, bourbon flavor, contains natural flavors, brewing instructions: use one sachet for two cups of tea, pour boiling water (212°f) over the sachet, infuse for 5 minutes, remove the sachet, storage: oisture or scent, store tightly sealed,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Celestial Seasonings

Half & Half Cold Brew Black Tea With Natural Lemonade Flavor

Ingredients: BLACK TEA AND TEA EXTRACT, TRUE LEMON® (CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC EVAPORATED CANE SYRUP, LEMON OIL, ASCORBIC ACID, LEMON JUICE), NATURAL LEMONADE FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID AND STEVIA EXTRACT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Bigelow

Ginger Snappish Tea

Ingredients: Lemongrass, lemon peel, cinnamon, natural ginger flavors, natural lemon flavors, other natural flavors (soy lecithin), ginger, lemon verbena, rose hips, licorice root, citric acid

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
41
Sugar
8g
Rico Bubble Milk Tea

Bubble milk tea classic

Ingredients: water, tapioca starch balls, sugar, whole milk powder, black tea, emulsifier(sucrose fatty acid esters, mono - and diglycerides), flavor, sodiurn carboxymethylceliulose, soditum bicarbonate, salt, vanilla powder, contains: milk powder best before:see base of can made in taiwan manufactured by: tung shaing foods co,,ltd, tel: (886)-48298080 bubbie milk tea drink county 513,taiwan, imported and

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Teas' Tea

Cold Brew Mandarin Orange Green Tea

Ingredients: purified water, organic green tea, organic natural flavor, organic dried orange, ascorbic acid (vitamin c).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
6
Sugar
1g
Trader Joe's

Sparkling Black Tea

Ingredients: BREWED BLACK TEA (WATER, BLACK TEA), PEACH JUICE, CARBON DIOXIDE, CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER), ASCORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN COLOR)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Organics

Chamomile lavander

Ingredients: ORGANIC CHAMOMILE FLOWERS, ORGANIC LAVENDER FLOWERS, ORGANIC SWEET ORANGE PEELS, ORGANIC ROSEHIP BERRIES

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Cherry blossom green tea

Ingredients: Green tea, cherry flavor, vanilla flavor

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
328
Sugar
0g
Pocas

Honey ginger tea

Ingredients: Cane Sugar, Ginger Extract, Honey, Turmeric Extract

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Hot Beverages category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 304 products in the Hot Beverages category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Hot Beverages?+
We rank Hot Beverages based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Hot Beverages here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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