In another preferred embodiment the food product of the present invention is a black tea- containing product which contains at least 2 additional mg of EGCG, preferable from 2 to 300 mg of additional EGCG and most preferable from 5 to 75 mg of additional EGCG. In a further preferred embodiment the food product of the present invention is a green tea- containing product which contains at least 2 ad