Gratitude Dragon Well Tea in five organic flavours. Credit: Gratitude Health Inc.

US-based ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage maker Gratitude Health has introduced its first line of products.

Called Gratitude Dragon Well Green Teas, the new RTD range will be available in mint, peach, wild berry, original and blood orange flavours.

Gratitude claims that its new range is certified organic by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Each variant has 45 calories per 15oz and they are all available in glass bottles. The mint variety is a zero-calorie unsweetened tea.

“Our tea tastes better and is healthier than the over-brewed, sugar-saturated offering generally available to American consumers.”

Gratitude Health founder and CEO Roy Warren said: “We intend to disrupt the $5bn RTD tea market by introducing organic products specifically created to meet growing consumer demand for healthy, good-for-you, great-tasting drinks.

“Our tea tastes better and is healthier than the over-brewed, sugar-saturated offering generally available to American consumers.

“We are excited to have completed our inaugural production run and our team is moving quickly to arrange distribution for our ready-to-drink teas to retailers.”

Gratitude’s beverages promote and support healthy ageing, and all its tea flavours contain 417mg of polyphenols per bottle.

Polyphenols are phytonutrients are found in vegetables and plants, and have been proven to reduce free-radicals, which cause various diseases.

Gratitude’s president and CEO Andy Schamisso said: “Glass is the most eco-friendly container in the world and our bottle is potentially more so because people may just want to keep it.

“We anticipate some upcycling, some artistic customer creations, some useful re-use and repurposing and some love from what we believe is a welcome change to the typical, generic and boring presentations on the shelf today.”