Research Article
Black Tea Source, Production, and Consumption: Assessment of Health Risks of Fluoride Intake in New Zealand
Table 3
Summary of fluoride intake per mug for 18 black tea bag commodities.
| Mugs per day | Volume (mls/day) | Tea infusions made with nonfluoridated water (0.00 mg/L) Total F intake | Tea infusions made with fluoridated water (0.70 mg/L) Total F intake | Tea infusions made with fluoridated water (1.0 mg/L) Total F intake | Max mg/day | Min mg/day | Max mg/day | Min mg/day | Max mg/day | Min mg/day |
| 1 | 350 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2 | 700 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 3 | 1050 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 4 | 1400 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 6 | 2100 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 8 | 2800 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 10 | 3500 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 14.7 | 4.2 |
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In the 28 member countries of the EU, the UL for a healthy adult male or female is 7.0 mg/day [123]. In the USA, the UL is 10.0 mg per day [122].
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