Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent. 2009 Dec 3;38(4):284–289. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2009.11.008

Table 2.

Titratable acidities* of similar United Kingdom and United States beverages.

Beverage United Kingdom
ml KOH
United
States
ml KOH
p-value
Apple Juice 5.32 ± 0.07 2.93 ± 0.02 <0.001
Orange Juice 7.16 ± 0.04 5.81 ± 0.20 <0.001
Coke® 3.05 ± 0.27 3.06 ± 0.16 0.945
Diet Coke® 2.90 ± 0.19 2.85 ± 0.31 0.845
Orange Soda 4.70 ± 0.21 3.86 ± 0.19 0.007
Diet Orange Soda§ 5.50 ± 0.28 4.12 ± 0.20 0.002
Pepsi® 3.03 ± 0.42 2.93 ± 0.51 0.806
Diet Pepsi® 3.00 ± 0.20 2.80 ± 0.70 0.659
Sprite® 4.07 ± 0.15 3.10 ± 0.10 <0.001
Sprite Zero® 4.23 ± 0.29 3.43 ± 0.72 0.150
Sunny D® 4.20 ± 0 6.00 ± 0 <0.001
*

Mean ± SD of ml 1 M KOH required to bring 50 mL beverage to neutral pH; n = 3.

Two sample t-test

United Kingdom: Tango®; United States: Fanta®

§

United Kingdom: Diet Tango®; United States: Fanta Zero®