TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The appearance of a rapidly expanding range of ready-to-drink packaged beverages in the marketplace has been met with widespread consumer acceptance. The aim of this study is to profile the nutritional composition and dental erosive potential of a sample of beverages sold for consumption in Brisbane supermarkets.Design/methodology/approach In all, 44 beverages were assessed to determine their pH and titratable acidity. Information relating to nutritional composition was also collected.Findings Milk-based beverages had the highest energy concentration, while soft drinks, energy drinks, flavoured milk, and fruit and vegetable juice categories contained products with very high sugar concentrations (>10g/100ml). All beverages, except milk-based products and still water, had a pH of less than 4.8. Titratable acidity was highest for energy drinks and fruit and vegetable juices.Research limitations/implications Energy drinks and fruit and vegetable juices had the highest sugar content and titratable acidity of all the beverage categories and so would be expected to have the greatest potential to cause oral health problems. Milk drinks had the highest energy concentration, but the lowest erosive potential. Regular consumption of many ready-to-drink pre-packaged beverages is therefore inconsistent with recommendations in current dietary and oral health guidelines.Originality/value Rather than considering nutritional composition alone, this study examined both nutritional and physicochemical properties of ready-to-drink packaged beverages to reach a more holistic assessment of their health impact.
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
SN  - 0034-6659
DO  - 10.1108/NFS-09-2015-0117
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-09-2015-0117
AU  - Yang Chun-Shun
AU  - Ford Pauline
AU  - Liu Xiaoman
AU  - Leishman Shaneen
AU  - Schubert Lisa
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Ready-to-drink non-alcoholic beverages: Nutritional composition and erosive potential
T2  - Nutrition & Food Science
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 396
EP  - 411
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -