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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2015 Dec 2;147(4):255–263. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.10.019

Table 3.

pH of sodas (pH ± standard deviation, n = 3).

7up® 3.24 ± 0.02 Hansen's® Cane Soda-Pomegranate 2.55 ± 0.00
7up® Cherry 2.98 ± 0.01 Hawaiian Punch® (fruit Juicy Red) 2.87 ± 0.01
7up® Diet 3.48 ± 0.00 IBC® Rootbeer 4.10 ± 0.02
A&W® Cream Soda 3.86 ± 0.01 Izze® Sparkling Blackberry 3.28 ± 0.01
A&W® Rootbeer 4.27 ± 0.02 Izze® Sparkling Clementine 3.27 ± 0.01
A&W® Rootbeer-Diet 4.57 ± 0.00 Izze® Sparkling Pomegranate 3.01 ± 0.01
Ale 8-One® 3.13 ± 0.01 Jolly Rancher® Orange 2.88 ± 0.01
Barq's® Rootbeer 4.11 ± 0.02 Jolly Rancher® Grape 2.60 ± 0.01
Boylan's® Black Cherry 2.76 ± 0.02 Jones® Blue Bubblegum 2.99 ± 0.01
Boylan's® Crème Soda 4.17 ± 0.02 Jones® Cream Soda 3.04 ± 0.01
Boylan's® Diet Black Cherry 4.00 ± 0.01 Jones® Green Apple Soda 2.65 ± 0.01
Boylan's® Diet Rootbeer 4.05 ± 0.02 Jones® M.F. Grape 2.89 ± 0.02
Boylan's® Grape 2.91 ± 0.01 Jones® Mandarin Orange 2.93 ± 0.00
Boylan's® Orange Cream 3.59 ± 0.01 Jones® Orange & Cream Soda 2.79 ± 0.01
Boylan's® Orange Soda 3.22 ± 0.00 Jones® Red Apple 3.40 ± 0.02
Boylan's® Original Birch Beer 3.80 ± 0.00 Jones® Root Beer 3.42 ± 0.02
Boylan's® Rootbeer 4.01 ± 0.01 Jones® Strawberry Lime 2.81 ± 0.02
Boylan's® Sugar Cane Cola 2.54 ± 0.01 Maine® Root Beer 4.36 ± 0.02
Buffalo Rock® Ginger Ale 3.23 ± 0.01 Mellow Yellow® 3.03 ± 0.00
Canada Dry® Club Soda 5.24 ± 0.03 Mountain Dew® (regular) 3.22 ± 0.07
Canada Dry® Ginger Ale 2.82 ± 0.01 Mountain Dew® Code Red 3.27 ± 0.01
Coca-Cola® Classic 2.37 ± 0.03 Mountain Dew® Diet 3.18 ± 0.01
Coca-Cola® Zero 2.96 ± 0.03 Mountain Dew® Voltage 3.05 ± 0.01
Coca-Cola® Caffeine Free Diet 3.04 ± 0.01 Mr. Pibb® xtra 2.80 ± 0.01
Coca-Cola® Caffeine Free 2.34 ± 0.03 Mug® Rootbeer 3.88 ± 0.02
Coca-Cola®Cherry 2.38 ± 0.03 Natural Brew Draft® Root Beer 2.90 ± 0.00
Coca-Cola® Cherry Zero 2.93 ± 0.01 Pepsi® 2.39 ± 0.03
Coca-Cola® Diet 3.10 ± 0.05 Pepsi®-Wild Cherry 2.41 ± 0.03
Coca-Cola® Lime Diet 2.96 ± 0.03 Pepsi Diet® 3.02 ± 0.01
Crush® Grape 2.76 ± 0.01 Pepsi Max® 2.74 ± 0.01
Crush® Orange 2.87 ± 0.01 Pepsi Max® Ceasefire 2.70 ± 0.01
Crush® Orange 2.93 ± 0.03 RC Cola® 2.32 ± 0.02
Dr Pepper® Diet Cherry 3.32 ± 0.01 Schweppes® Tonic Water 2.54 ± 0.03
Dr. Pepper® Cherry 3.06 ± 0.02 Sierra® Mist Diet 3.31 ± 0.01
Dr. Pepper® Diet 3.20 ± 0.00 Sierra® Mist 3.09 ± 0.02
Dr. Pepper® 2.88 ± 0.04 Sprite® 3.24 ± 0.05
Fanta® Grape (2 liter) 2.67 ± 0.02 Sprite® zero 3.14 ± 0.01
Fanta® Pineapple (2 liter) 2.79 ± 0.02 Sunkist® -Solar Fusion -Tropical Mandarin 3.02 ± 0.01
Fanta® Orange 2.82 ± 0.02 Sunkist® – Strawberry 2.99 ± 0.01
Fanta® Strawberry 2.84 ± 0.01 Sunkist® Diet 3.49 ± 0.01
Fresca® (1 liter) 3.08 ± 0.01 Sunkist® Orange 2.98 ± 0.01
Grapico® Diet 3.04 ± 0.01 Sunkist® Peach 2.89 ± 0.01
Grapico® 2.77 ± 0.03 Tab® 2.72 ± 0.01
Hansen's® Cane Soda-Black Cherry Diet 3.47 ± 0.02 Vault® 2.77 ± 0.02
Hansen's® Cane Soda-Cherry Vanilla Crème 2.91 ± 0.01 Vault® Red Blitz 2.80 ± 0.01
Hansen's® Cane Soda-Creamy Rootbeer Diet 3.73 ± 0.01 Vault® 2.89 ± 0.03
Hansen's® Cane Soda-Kiwi Strawberry 2.59 ± 0.01 Welch's® grape soda 3.11 ± 0.02
Hansen's® Cane Soda-Mandarin Lime 2.57 ± 0.01

Red = extremely erosive, Yellow = erosive, Green = minimally erosive.