Table 1.

Total fluoride content of dry flavored green tea and tea liquor.

TEA FORM	TYPE OF ESSENCE	ABBREVIATIONS	F CONTENT mg/kg DRY TEA LEAF	F CONTENT MG/L TEA LIQUOR				% OF F INFUSED
				MEAN ± SD	95% CONFIDENCE		RANGE
					LOWER BOUND	UPPER BOUND
Bag	Mint	MGTB	116.2	1.85 ± 0.06	1.71	1.99	1.81–1.92	79
Bag	Saffron	SGTB	59.9	0.75 ± 0.13	0.45	1.06	0.64–0.88	62
Bag	Lime	LGTB	66.9	0.88 ± 0.07	0.71	1.05	0.81–0.95	71
Bag	Cinnamon	CNGTB	71.6	1.10 ± 0.03	1.02	1.18	1.06–1.12	74
Bag	Apple	AGTB	74	1.19 ± 0.06	1.04	1.33	1.12–1.23	76
Bag	Ginger	GGTB	72.8	1.18 ± 0.03	1.11	1.25	1.16–1.21	80
Bag	Orange blossom	OGTB	47	0.64 ± 0.02	0.57	0.70	0.61–0.66	65
Bag	Cardamom	CGTB	164.5	2.88 ± 0.11	2.61	3.14	2.77–2.98	88
Bag	Peach	PGTB	184.8	3.29 ± 0.03	3.20	3.36	3.24–3.31	89
Bag	Plain	GTB	80.6	1.35 ± 0.05	1.23	1.48	1.31–1.41	80
Leaf	Mint	MGTL	24.5	0.28 ± 0.06	0.13	0.43	0.22–0.34	56
Leaf	Cinnamon	CNGTL	15.7	0.16 ± 0.02	0.13	0.23	0.14–0.18	55
Leaf	Cardamom	CGTL	23.4	0.54 ± 0.04	0.44	0.63	0.51–0.58	62
Leaf	Orange blossom	OGTL	33.7	0.34 ± 0.02	0.29	0.39	0.32–0.36	54
Leaf	Lemon	LGTL	25.2	0.26 ± 0.01	0.25	0.28	0.26–0.27	52
Leaf	Plain	GTL	15	0.25 ± 0.02	0.20	0.30	0.23–0.27	54