The Gourmet-O-Matic tm
pH of Common Beverages Guide
Acidic fluids are a staple in meal preparation.
Acidic fluids have a pH less than 7.0.
The lower the pH, the more acidic the beverage.
In terms of flavor, more acidity means more sourness. The actual sensation
of the beverage's acidity may be modified by the sugar content.
Acidic fluids are found in relishes, chutneys, salsas, marinades, dressings,
sauces - you name it.
The following lists provide the pHs of many common beverages.
You can use this information to create new recipes by replacing one acidic
fluid with another.
Please note the following in the Common Beverages Substitutions Chart:
1. Only the pH is provided. Calorie, sugar content and other information is
not provided..
2. Beer and wine are represented, but there are differences among the
various brews and wines. In general, red wine is less acidic than white
wine.
3. Spirits and liquors are not listed. Almost invariably, they are acidic. Acidity
will vary, meaning the pH will vary among the different spirits and liquors
and will also vary depending on the flavoring (as one sees, for example, in
vodkas).
4. Bottom line is consider alcoholic beverages as another acidic fluid you
can use to create many unique dishes.
5. Acidic beverages are first
listed in ascending
order of pH, going from more acidic to less acidic.
6. An
alphabetical listing of
fruits follows the
examples of
substitutions. The examples appear after the first listing.
As with all Gourmet-O-Matic
tm Substitution Guides, the following
list is non-exhaustive. It comprises foods that are readily available.
Examples using acidic fluids substitutes follow the chart.
The following lists are modified from
here,
here,
here,
here and
here.
|
Beverage |
pH |
|
|
|
Lime Juice |
2.00-2.35 |
|
Lemon Juice |
2.00-2.60 |
|
Cranberry Juice, canned |
2.30-2.52 |
|
Vinegar |
2.40-3.40 |
|
Sunny Delight |
2.40 |
|
Gatorade Clear |
2.40 |
|
Pepsi |
2.49 |
|
Country Time Lemonade |
2.50 |
|
SoBe Sugarfree Tropical |
2.50 |
|
RC Cola |
2.50 |
|
Cherry Coke |
2.52 |
|
Coke Classic |
2.53 |
|
SoBe Strawberry-Grape |
2.60 |
|
Capri Sun |
2.60 |
|
Orange Crush |
2.70 |
|
Hi-C Blast Fruit Punch |
2.70 |
|
Tang |
2.70 |
|
HiC Lemonade |
2.70 |
|
Extran |
2.74 |
|
Powerade |
2.75 |
|
Orange Minute Maid |
2.80 |
|
Mellow Yellow |
2.80 |
|
Diet Cherry Coke |
2.80 |
|
Welch's White Grape |
2.80 |
|
Mr. Pibb |
2.80 |
|
Hawaiian Fruit Punch |
2.82 |
|
Squirt |
2.85 |
|
Lipton Brisk |
2.87 |
|
Upside Down 7-Up |
2.90 |
|
Grapefruit Juice, canned |
2.90-3.25 |
|
Cranberry Juice, white |
2.90 |
|
Dr Pepper |
2.92 |
|
Gatorade |
2.95 |
|
Nestea Sweetened Lemon Iced Tea |
2.97 |
|
Diet Rite (white grape) |
3.00 |
|
Grapefruit juice |
3.00 |
|
Kool-Aid Jammers (cherry) |
3.00 |
|
Sierra Mist |
3.00 |
| White
Wine |
3.00 |
|
Surge |
3.02 |
|
Nestea |
3.04 |
|
Pepsi One |
3.05 |
|
Diet Code Red Mountain Dew |
3.10 |
|
Pepsi Blue |
3.10 |
|
V8 Splash Berry Blend |
3.10 |
|
Vinegar, cider |
3.10 |
|
Orange Slice |
3.12 |
|
Dole (orange strawberry banana) |
3.20 |
|
Propel |
3.20 |
|
Snapple Tea |
3.20 |
|
Snapple Tea Diet |
3.20 |
|
Twist Up |
3.20 |
|
Fresca |
3.20 |
|
Mountain Dew |
3.22 |
|
Grape Minute Maid |
3.29 |
| Table
Wines |
3.30-3.70 |
|
Pineapple Juice, canned |
3.30-3.60 |
|
Orange Juice, Florida |
3.30-4.15 |
|
Orange Juice, California |
3.30-4.19 |
|
Diet Mountain Dew |
3.34 |
|
Sherry-wine |
3.37 |
|
Diet Coke |
3.39 |
| Red
Wine |
3.40-3.50 |
|
Dole (pineapple juice) |
3.40 |
|
Apple Juice |
3.40 |
|
Diet Dr Pepper |
3.41 |
|
Sprite |
3.42 |
|
Plum Nectar |
3.45 |
|
Ultima |
3.50 |
|
Juicy Juice |
3.50 |
|
Tea (iced) |
3.50 |
|
Tropicana Sprite Remix |
3.50 |
|
Sherry-wine |
3.37 |
|
Diet 7UP |
3.67 |
|
Cytomax |
3.79 |
|
Accelerade |
3.86 |
|
Enervit G |
3.88 |
|
Powerbar Endurance |
3.89 |
|
Vegetable Juice |
3.90-4.30 |
|
Prune Juice |
3.95-3.97 |
| Beer |
4.00 |
|
Dad's Root Beer |
4.00 |
|
Pear Nectar |
4.03 |
|
Milk, Acidophilus |
4.09-4.25 |
|
Tomatoes, Juice |
4.10-4.60 |
|
A&W Crème Soda |
4.20 |
|
GU20 |
4.29 |
|
A&W Root Beer |
4.30 |
|
Buttermilk |
4.41-4.83 |
|
e load |
4.50 |
|
Diet Barq's |
4.55 |
|
Barq's |
4.61 |
|
Emend |
4.95 |
|
Milk, sour, fine curd |
4.70-5.65 |
|
Milkfish |
5.30 |
|
Guava Nectar |
5.50 |
|
Brewed Coffee |
5.51 |
|
Instant Coffee |
5.51 |
|
Milk, evaporated |
5.90-6.30 |
|
Aloe Juice |
6.00-6.80 |
|
Milk, condensed |
6.33 |
|
Milk, Cow |
6.40-6.80 |
|
Milk, Goat's |
6.48 |
|
Chrysanthemum Drink |
6.50 |
|
Coconut Milk |
6.10-7.00 |
|
Milk, 2% |
6.80 |
|
Milk, skim |
6.83 |
|
Water |
7.00 |
|
Soybean Milk |
7.00 |
|
Milk, peptonized |
7.10 |
|
Wax Gourd Drink |
7.20 |
|
Tea (brewed) |
7.20 |
|
Tea |
7.20 |
|
|
Example - Use a soda
in place of juice when making a chutney or relish.
Example - Replace vinegar in a marinade with beer.
|
Beverage |
pH |
|
|
|
A&W Crème Soda |
4.20 |
|
A&W Root Beer |
4.30 |
|
Accelerade |
3.86 |
|
Aloe Juice |
6.00-6.80 |
|
Apple Juice |
3.40 |
|
Barq's |
4.61 |
| Beer |
4.00 |
|
Brewed Coffee |
5.51 |
|
Buttermilk |
4.41-4.83 |
|
Capri Sun |
2.60 |
|
Cherry Coke |
2.52 |
|
Chrysanthemum Drink |
6.50 |
|
Coconut Milk |
6.10-7.00 |
|
Coke Classic |
2.53 |
|
Country Time Lemonade |
2.50 |
|
Cranberry Juice, canned |
2.30-2.52 |
|
Cranberry Juice, white |
2.90 |
|
Cytomax |
3.79 |
|
Dad's Root Beer |
4.00 |
|
Diet 7UP |
3.67 |
|
Diet Barq's |
4.55 |
|
Diet Cherry Coke |
2.80 |
|
Diet Code Red Mountain Dew |
3.10 |
|
Diet Coke |
3.39 |
|
Diet Dr Pepper |
3.41 |
|
Diet Mountain Dew |
3.34 |
|
Diet Rite (white grape) |
3.00 |
|
Dole (orange strawberry banana) |
3.20 |
|
Dole (pineapple juice) |
3.40 |
|
Dr Pepper |
2.92 |
|
e load |
4.50 |
|
Emend |
4.95 |
|
Enervit G |
3.88 |
|
Extran |
2.74 |
|
Fresca |
3.20 |
|
Gatorade |
2.95 |
|
Gatorade Clear |
2.40 |
|
Grape Minute Maid |
3.29 |
|
Grapefruit juice |
3.00 |
|
Grapefruit Juice, canned |
2.90-3.25 |
|
GU20 |
4.29 |
|
Guava Nectar |
5.50 |
|
Hawaiian Fruit Punch |
2.82 |
|
Hi-C Blast Fruit Punch |
2.70 |
|
HiC Lemonade |
2.70 |
|
Instant Coffee |
5.51 |
|
Juicy Juice |
3.50 |
|
Kool-Aid Jammers (cherry) |
3.00 |
|
Lemon Juice |
2.00-2.60 |
|
Lime Juice |
2.00-2.35 |
|
Lipton Brisk |
2.87 |
|
Mellow Yellow |
2.80 |
|
Milk, 2% |
6.80 |
|
Milk, Acidophilus |
4.09-4.25 |
|
Milk, condensed |
6.33 |
|
Milk, Cow |
6.40-6.80 |
|
Milk, evaporated |
5.90-6.30 |
|
Milk, Goat's |
6.48 |
|
Milk, peptonized |
7.10 |
|
Milk, skim |
6.83 |
|
Milk, sour, fine curd |
4.70-5.65 |
|
Milkfish |
5.30 |
|
Mountain Dew |
3.22 |
|
Mr. Pibb |
2.80 |
|
Nestea |
3.04 |
|
Nestea Sweetened Lemon Iced Tea |
2.97 |
|
Orange Crush |
2.70 |
|
Orange Juice, California |
3.30-4.19 |
|
Orange Juice, Florida |
3.30-4.15 |
|
Orange Minute Maid |
2.80 |
|
Orange Slice |
3.12 |
|
Pear Nectar |
4.03 |
|
Pepsi |
2.49 |
|
Pepsi Blue |
3.10 |
|
Pepsi One |
3.05 |
|
Pineapple Juice, canned |
3.30-3.60 |
|
Plum Nectar |
3.45 |
|
Powerade |
2.75 |
|
Powerbar Endurance |
3.89 |
|
Propel |
3.20 |
|
Prune Juice |
3.95-3.97 |
|
RC Cola |
2.50 |
| Red
Wine |
3.40-3.50 |
|
Sherry-wine |
3.37 |
|
Sherry-wine |
3.37 |
|
Sierra Mist |
3.00 |
|
Snapple Tea |
3.20 |
|
Snapple Tea Diet |
3.20 |
|
SoBe Strawberry-Grape |
2.60 |
|
SoBe Sugarfree Tropical |
2.50 |
|
Soybean Milk |
7.00 |
|
Sprite |
3.42 |
|
Squirt |
2.85 |
|
Sunny Delight |
2.40 |
|
Surge |
3.02 |
| Table
Wines |
3.30-3.70 |
|
Tang |
2.70 |
|
Tea |
7.20 |
|
Tea (brewed) |
7.20 |
|
Tea (iced) |
3.50 |
|
Tomatoes, Juice |
4.10-4.60 |
|
Tropicana Sprite Remix |
3.50 |
|
Twist Up |
3.20 |
|
Ultima |
3.50 |
|
Upside Down 7-Up |
2.90 |
|
V8 Splash Berry Blend |
3.10 |
|
Vegetable Juice |
3.90-4.30 |
|
Vinegar |
2.40-3.40 |
|
Vinegar, cider |
3.10 |
|
Water |
7.00 |
|
Wax Gourd Drink |
7.20 |
|
Welch's White Grape |
2.80 |
| White
Wine |
3.00 |
|
|
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