Matcha by the Numbers: Composition per 100 g
Sweetened matcha is matcha plus sugar. The sugar side is straightforward, so the variable is the matcha. Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition list…
July 1, 2025
Ingredients & Nutritional Analysis
成分・栄養分析
15 articles
Sugar Types in Sweetened Matcha
Ingredient lists name several different sugars. They behave differently, and each is chosen for a reason. From cane or beet. Clean onset and finish, with…
July 1, 2025
Catechin Types and How Content Varies
Catechin is a collective term, not a single compound. In brewed green tea, the proportions run approximately: Total catechins account for 8 to 20 percent…
July 10, 2025
Caffeine Across Tea Types: Why Gyokuro Leads
Caffeine accounts for 2 to 4 percent of dry tea leaf weight. How much reaches your cup varies considerably by type and preparation. Per 100 ml of brewed…
July 16, 2025
What L-Theanine Contributes to Flavor
L-theanine is an amino acid making up 0.5 to 3 percent of dry tea leaf weight. It carries the savory quality and the faint sweetness in a good cup. Three…
July 25, 2025
How Much Vitamin C Is in Matcha?
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition list matcha at 60 mg per 100 g. Same leaf, different outcome depending on how you drink it. Sencha is steeped…
August 8, 2025
Spotting Artificial Sweeteners on the Label
Some products sweeten with compounds other than sugar. Three appear most often. At several hundred times the sweetness of sugar, the quantity used is tiny…
August 25, 2025
Minerals in Matcha: Twice the Potassium of Sencha
Potassium is the most abundant mineral in tea. Japan's composition tables list matcha at 2,700 mg per 100 g — roughly twice the level found in sencha.…
September 10, 2025
Reading a Nutrition Panel: The Five Mandatory Items
Packaged foods in Japan must carry nutrition information. Only five items are required. The order is prescribed. Catechins, caffeine, vitamins, and…
September 18, 2025
Carbohydrate, Sugar, and Sugars: Untangling the Terms
Similar words on a label mean different things. The relationship is nested. The outer category. Sugar plus dietary fiber. Carbohydrate minus dietary…
September 26, 2025
What "No Additives" Actually Claims
On its own, the phrase does not specify what has been left out. No preservatives? No coloring? No flavoring? Products use it differently. Usually there is…
October 10, 2025
Do Powdered Tea Products Contain Preservatives?
Rarely, because they are not needed. The reason involves a concept called water activity. Water in a food divides into free water and bound water.…
October 11, 2025
What Makes Some Powders Dissolve More Easily?
Two factors: what has been added, and how the powder was processed. Common on ingredient lists. Made by breaking down starch — potato, corn, tapioca, rice…
October 12, 2025
What Gets Added to Slow Oxidation
Matcha dulls over time because chlorophyll — the pigment behind its green — breaks down under light, heat, and air, shifting toward yellow and brown.…
October 13, 2025
Reading an Ingredient List: Five Things to Check
Product names guarantee nothing. There is no legal definition of green tea as a powdered product, and everything from matcha-forward blends to…
October 14, 2025
