To a tea

Prepared Foods, Nov, 2004

Consumers looking for more-healthful products are prompting more companies to adapt their lineups. Take, for example, the growing popularity and awareness of the benefits of white tea.

Long the virtually unknown relative of the tea family, taking a back seat even to the only recently famous green variety, white tea has benefits of its own. A number of studies have shown more active cancer-fighting antioxidants in white tea than its counterparts. Plus, it has considerably less caffeine than the other varieties--15mg per serving (compared with black tea's 40mg and green's 20mg).

Actually, Celestial Seasonings Boulder, Colo.) has reduced the caffeine content even further with what it claims is the first naturally decaffeinated white tea--Decaf China Pearl White Tea. In addition, the company is launching another white tea; Imperial White Peach Tea adds the flavor of peaches. The pair join Celestial Seasonings' other white tea offering--Perfectly Pear White Tea.