The Rooibos Tea, Herbal Tea, or Flower Tea promoted as healthy beverages may soon lose the ‘tea’ tag.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a clarification on December 24, asserting that a beverage qualifies to be called tea only if it is derived from the plant Camellia sinensis.
Tea in granular or dried leafy form has traditionally been processed from leaves plucked from Camellia sinensis across tea plantations, big or small, in India.
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