Number Name Manufacturer pH mean(±SD) TA mean (mL) (±SD)
Commercial Paediatric Beverages
Over-the-counter medications
1 Brauer natural medication teething relief Brauer Natural Medication Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 5.6 (0)
2 Brauer natural medication children’s cough relief Brauer Natural Medication Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 5.6 (0)
3 Brauer natural medication stomach calm Brauer Natural Medication Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 5.7 (0.2)
4 Brauer natural medication pain and fever relief Brauer Natural Medication Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 5.6 (0)
5 Hartley’s natural gripe water L W & S Hartley Pty. Ltd. 5.5 (0.1) 1.6 (0)
6 Penta-vite multivitamins with iron Bayer Australia Limited. 2.6 (0.1) 25.1 (0.6)
7 Incremin® iron mixture Wyeth Consumer healthcare Pty. Ltd. 4.5 (0.1) 6.5 (0.2)
8 Zyrtec rapid acting sugar free oral liquid banana flavor Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty. Ltd. 4.6 (0) 4.0 (0)
9 Dimetapp Elixir cold and allergy Wyeth Consumer healthcare Pty. Ltd. 2.3 (0) 15.7 (0.2)
10 Duro-Tuss chesty cough liquid iNova Pharmaceuticals (Aust) Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 16.7 (0.2)
11 Children’s Panadol (1-5yrs) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare 5.0 (0) 0.9 (0.2)
12 Nurofen for children (1-5yrs) Reckitt Benckiser 4.1 (0) 25.9 (1.4)
Fruit Juices
13 Golden Circle Junior fruit drink apple and blackcurrant Golden Circle Limited 2.8 (0.2) 4.2 (0.1)
14 Golden Circle apple fruit drink Golden Circle Limited 2.1 (0.1) 13.1 (0.2)
15 Pop Tops wild berries P&N Beverages Australia Pty. Ltd. 2.9 (0.1) 12.1 (0.1)
16 Heinz apple and cranberry fruit drink H. J. Heinz Company Australia Limited. 2.1 (0.1) 6.3 (0.1)
17 Robinson’s fruit shoot juice summer fruits Bickford’s Australia Pty. Ltd. 2.7 (0) 9.5 (0.1)
18 Daily Juice Company orange Daily Juice company 3.4 (0.1) 22.5 (0.3)
19 Ribena blackcurrant fruit juice syrup GlaxoSmithKline 2.7 (0) 6.6 (0.1)
20 Cottee’s raspberry cordial Schweppes Australia 2.5 (0) 4.5 (0.1)
21 Cottee’s lemon crush cordial Schweppes Australia 2.4 (0.1) 8.5 (0.1)
Carbonated drinks
22 Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Amatil 2.1 (0) 5.6 (0)
23 Kirk’s Original lemonade CCA Group 2.4 (0) 7.8 (0)
Water
24 Mount Franklin spring water Coca-Cola Amatil 6.3 (0.1) 0.1 (0)
Dairy products
25 Paul’s full cream milk Pramalat Australia Ltd. 6.6 (0.1) 1.3 (0.2)
26 Sanitarium So Good regular soy milk Australasian Health and Nutrition Association Limited. 7.3 (0.1) 0.4 (0) *
27 Nestlé Kids yoghurt strawberry squeeze Nestlé Oceania 3.6 (0.10) 19.9 (0.2)
28 Calci Yum milk with chocolate flavour Fonterra Brands (AUST) Pty. Ltd. 6.6 (0) 0.9 (0.2)
Baby formulas
29 Karicare gold plus Nutricia Australia Pty. Ltd. 6.8 (0) 0.3 (0.1)
30 S-26 gold toddler Wyeth Australia Pty. Ltd. 6.8 (0.1) 0.5 (0.3)
31 S-26 AR for babies with reflux and regurgitation Wyeth Australia Pty. Ltd. 6.5 (0.1) 0.5 (0.2)
32 S-26 SOY for babies who need to avoid dairy Wyeth Australia Pty. Ltd. 6.4 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1)
33 S-26 LF for lactose intolerant babies Wyeth Australia Pty. Ltd. 7.4 (0) 0.2 (0.6) *
Standards of N=3, total volume=20mL, and titration solution=0.1M NaOH.
* Titration solution=0.1M HCl
Table 1: The pH and titratable acidity (TA) of paediatric over-the-counter medicines and commercially available drinks.