Black Tea Source, Production, and Consumption: Assessment of Health Risks of Fluoride Intake in New Zealand

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Summary of fluoride intake per cup for 18 black teabag commodities.


Cups 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
Cups per day	Volume (mls/day)	Max mg/day	Min mg/day	Max mg/day	Min mg/day	Max mg/day	Min mg/day

1	250	0.8	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	0.3
2	500	1.6	0.2	2.0	0.5	2.3	0.8
3	750	2.4	0.3	2.9	0.7	3.2	0.9
4	1000	3.2	0.4	3.9	0.9	4.2	1.2
6	1500	4.8	0.6	5.9	1.4	6.3	1.8
8	2000	6.4	0.8	7.8	1.8	8.4	2.4
10	2500	8.0	1.0	9.8	2.3	10.5	3.0
12	3000	9.6	1.2	11.7	2.7	12.6	3.6
14	3500	11.2	1.4	13.7	3.2	14.7	4.2

In the 28 member countries of the EU, the AI for a healthy adult female is 2.9 mg/day and 3.4 mg per day for a healthy adult male [121]. In the USA, the AI is 3.0 mg and 4 .0 mg per day, respectively [122].

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Black Tea Source, Production, and Consumption: Assessment of Health Risks of Fluoride Intake in New Zealand

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