Fruit tea calories come to 48 for a 477 g bottle and 10 per 100 g. Every one of those calories comes from carbohydrate, with 0 g of fat and protein. The real swing is sweetening: a 473 g sweetened bottle reaches 118 calories, and all 29 g of its carbs are sugars.
48kcal
1 16 oz bottle · 477 g, packaged, per label
0%protein
0 gProtein
13 gCarbs
0 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Packaged, per label · per 477 g
Calories
48 kcal
Protein
0 g
Carbohydrate
13 g
Fat
0 g
Saturated fat
0 g
Cholesterol
5 mg
Sodium
19 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Fruit tea: calories, protein and sodium by serving
Percent of daily value uses the FDA reference of 2,000 kcal a day.
Serving
kcal
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Sodium
% DV kcal
Bottle (477 g)
48
0 g
13 g
0 g
19 mg
2%
Sweetened bottle (473 g)
118
0 g
29 g
0 g
9 mg
6%
100 g
10
0 g
2.7 g
0 g
4 mg
1%
3 × Bottle (477 g)
143
0 g
57 mg
5 × Bottle (477 g)
239
0 g
95 mg
One bottle is a 48-calorie drink
A single 477 g bottle of fruit tea carries 48 calories, 13 g of carbs and 19 mg of sodium. That is 2% of the daily calorie value, which puts it among the lightest bottled drinks you can grab. Per 100 g the numbers shrink to 10 calories and 2.7 g of carbs.
Volume is where the total builds. Two bottles, or 954 g, come to 95 calories. Three bottles add up to 143 calories across 1,431 g, and five bottles, 2,385 g of liquid, reach 239 calories. The label number is per bottle, and it scales in a straight line with every bottle you open.
Sodium stays negligible at every step. A bottle has 19 mg, which is 1% of the daily value, and even five bottles total only 95 mg. If you log fruit tea, log the bottle count rather than a guess, because the calories follow the amount closely.
Every calorie in fruit tea is carbohydrate
The calorie split for fruit tea is 100% carbs, 0% protein and 0% fat. There is no saturated fat, and protein reads 0 g in every serving on this page. What little energy the drink holds comes from sugars and other carbohydrates dissolved in the brew.
Per 100 g, fruit tea has 2.7 g of carbs, of which 1.7 g are sugars and 0.2 g is fiber. Scale that to the bottle and you get 13 g of carbs, 8 g of sugars and about 1 g of fiber. Fiber this low will not add fullness, so a bottle will not stand in for a snack.
That profile cuts both ways. Fruit tea adds almost nothing to your protein or fat totals, so it fits around any meal without crowding anything out. It also means the drink brings flavor and fluid rather than nutrition you would count on. Treat it as a swap for heavier drinks, not as food.
Sweetened bottles more than double the calories
The biggest variable is not the fruit. It is the sweetener. A sweetened 473 g bottle lists 118 calories and 29 g of carbs, and all 29 g are sugars. Set that against 48 calories and 8 g of sugars in the 477 g bottle, and the sweetened version is well over double for nearly the same amount of liquid.
On the daily value scale, the sweetened bottle is 6% of calories against 2% for the lighter one. That gap looks small on paper, but sweet drinks are easy to repeat through the day. Have that bottle a few times and the difference widens fast, with nothing extra to show for it in protein or fiber.
If you watch sugar, read the label before the flavor name. Brands such as Alley Cat Tea, Malwa and Lux sell fruit teas as bags and blends, and with those the brewing is the part you control: plain, nothing is added; with sugar or honey, the cup moves toward the sweetened row. BodyPal can log a bottle or a mug from a photo, which helps when the label is already in the recycling.
A low-calorie swap that pairs with real food
Fruit tea works best as a replacement drink. Swapping a sweetened bottle for the 48-calorie one saves calories with no change in volume, and the taste stays fruity. If you like a cold drink with lunch, it fills that slot without touching your protein or fat budget.
Because it carries no protein, fruit tea does nothing to make a meal more filling. Pair it with food that does the work: eggs, yogurt, a chicken salad or a handful of nuts. The tea handles the drink side, and the plate handles satiety.
Iced or hot, the numbers depend on what goes into the cup. Add milk, syrup or juice and you are no longer drinking the 10-per-100 g version. Keep it plain and fruit tea sits close to black tea and green tea as a near-zero choice that still tastes like something.
How does fruit tea compare?
Here is fruit tea next to black tea, green tea and kombucha tea, compared per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories pick black tea or green tea, at 2 calories per cup and 1 per 100 g, about 0.1 times fruit tea. If you want fruit flavor with little sugar, plain fruit tea at 10 per 100 g still comes in under kombucha tea at 16.
Most popular fruit tea brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
# Productkcal / 100 g
1Malwa Fruit Tea100 ml · 100 g2 kcal
2Alley Cat Tea The Original Fruit Tea8 oz · 240 g50 kcal
3Malwa Aronia Chokeberry Fruit Tea100 ml · 100 g2 kcal
4Tiesta Tea Fruit Tea Blueberry Hibiscus16 oz · 477 g10 kcal
5Podravka Forest Fruit Tea Bags1 cup · 240 g3 kcal
6Lux Blueberry Fruit Tea Bag1 tea bag · 2 g100 kcal
7Lux Raspberry Fruit Tea2 g0 kcal
Dry tea bags are labeled per dry weight, so their per-100 g numbers read far higher than a brewed or bottled drink. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Fruit tea FAQs
How many calories are in fruit tea?
A 16 oz bottle of fruit tea has 48 calories, which is 10 calories per 100 g. Sweetened bottled fruit teas reach 118 calories for a 16 oz bottle.
Is fruit tea good for weight loss?
At 10 calories per 100 g, a 16 oz bottle adds 48 calories, with 13 g of carbs. Sweetened bottled fruit tea is 118 calories for the same size.
Fruit tea or black tea: which has more calories?
Black tea is 1 calorie per 100 g against 10 for bottled fruit tea, so 16 oz comes to about 5 calories for black tea and 48 for fruit tea.
How much sugar is in fruit tea?
A 16 oz bottle has 8 g of sugar, or 1.68 g per 100 g. A sweetened bottled fruit tea carries about 29 g of sugar in 16 oz.
Does fruit tea have calories?
Yes, but very few: 48 calories in a 477 g bottle and 10 per 100 g. All of them come from carbohydrates, since fruit tea has 0 g of fat and 0 g of protein. Sweetened bottles reach 118 calories.
What are the nutrition facts for fruit tea?
Per 100 g, fruit tea has 10 calories, 2.7 g of carbs, 1.7 g of sugars, 0.2 g of fiber, 4 mg of sodium and 0 g of fat or protein. A 477 g bottle scales that to 48 calories.
How many calories are in sweetened fruit tea?
A sweetened 473 g bottle has 118 calories and 29 g of sugars, about 6% of the daily calorie value. That is well over double the 48 calories in the lighter 477 g bottle.
How many carbs are in a bottle of fruit tea?
A 477 g bottle has 13 g of carbs, including 8 g of sugars and about 1 g of fiber. Carbs make up 100% of its calories, because fat and protein are both 0 g.
How much sodium is in fruit tea?
A bottle of fruit tea has 19 mg of sodium, 1% of the daily value. Per 100 g it is 4 mg, and even five bottles total only 95 mg.
