How many mg of EGCG is in a serving of Mighty Leaf Marrakesh Mint Green Tea?!

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I can't find figures on the EGCG content of this particular tea, but in general, most commercial teabags range from somewhere between 7 and 40 mg EGCG per grams of tea. I also don't know the exact weight of Mighty leaf's teabags, but teabags tend to be around 2 grams of tea per bag.

If you want to consider the antioxidant content of Marrakesh Mint green tea, you should not look just at EGCG or not even all the catechins, because mint is also very rich in antioxidants, and yet, it contains a completely different class of chemicals for the tea. EGCG tends to be the most common catechin in most teas, but the total catechin content is often twice or more (i.e. 15-80mg / g).

Also...if you're looking at this for health reasons, I would advise you to not think about it too hard. Antioxidants are highly over-hyped. I'm attaching to a link that explains more about how EGCG and the other antioxidants in tea work, and what determines how much of them there are in tea, and what affects they have on human health (they are not uniformly good for you like a lot of marketing suggests!)

I know this doesn't fully answer your question but I hope this answer has at least been informative. You probably would need to hire a lab to get an exact answer, and, unless you work for Mighty Leaf yourself, this would probably be a waste of time and money.

Good luck!

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