What food group would tea fall under?

Question

Talking about your just average tea, like a Lipton or Arizona or something. The kind that sometimes comes with lemon or honey added.

Answer 1

no food group.  If it's sweetened, it would contain some form of sugar which contains calories:

see http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.h... for excellent nutrition info on food groups.  Read about "discretionary calories"

Answer 2

it doesn't.  it is a beverage and has no calories until you add milk or sugar to it.  

Answer 3

its a drink but since to is healthy it has nutrients i say vegetable

Answer 4

Just tea, count it as water.

With milk, count it as however much milk you put in it,

With Sugar, count it as however much sugar you put in it.

Answer 5

Salutations,

Treat it like water. it is not recognized as a food, though I believe it should be. Cheers