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Drinks: PRAL Values Compared

Most drinks are neutral to slightly alkaline; fruit and vegetable juices are clearly negative, coffee and tea are no problem. The PRAL does not rate alcohol.

80 foods
Average −0.9
Alkaline 38
Neutral 39
Acidic 3

Common questions about drinks

Is Coffee Acidic or Alkaline?
brewed
−2.3
Alkaline
Is Beer Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
−0.4
Neutral
Is Wine Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
−1.6
Alkaline
Is Water Acidic or Alkaline?
raw
−0.2
Neutral
Is Tea Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
−0.3
Neutral
Is Lemon Water Acidic or Alkaline?
raw
−2.3
Alkaline
Is Alcohol Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
+0.2
Neutral
Is Coke Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
+0.5
Acidic

All drinks, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming

# Food PRAL
1 Vegetable juice (mixed)raw −4.4
2 Pomegranate juiceraw −4.3
3 Tomato juiceraw −4.3
4 Carrot juiceraw −3.8
5 Smoothie, purple (fruits)prepared −3.1
6 Pineapple juiceraw −2.6
7 Orange juiceraw −2.4
8 Orange juice, concentrateraw −2.4
9 Coffee, decaffeinatedprepared −2.3
10 Coffee, blackbrewed −2.3
11 Lemon juiceraw −2.3
12 Coffee, with milk (3.5%)prepared −2.2
13 Ciderprepared −2.0
14 Espressobrewed −1.9
15 Port wineprepared −1.9
16 Apple juiceraw −1.8
17 Grape juiceraw −1.8
18 Mulled wineprepared −1.7
19 Rosé wineprepared −1.7
20 Red wineprepared −1.6
21 Cranberry juiceraw −1.6
22 Peach nectarraw −1.4
23 Fruit spritzer (general)prepared −1.3
24 Coffee, instantprepared −1.2
25 Apple spritzerprepared −1.1
26 ACE drink (vitamin fortified)prepared −1.0
27 Mango nectarraw −1.0
28 White wineprepared −1.0
29 Piña Colada (classic, no dairy)prepared −1.0
30 Wine, alcohol-freeprepared −1.0
31 Apple juice drinkprepared −0.7
32 Champagneprepared −0.7
33 Proseccoprepared −0.7
34 Sparkling wine (dry)prepared −0.7
35 Sparkling wine (alcohol-free)prepared −0.6
36 Wine spritzerprepared −0.6
37 Sakeprepared −0.5
38 Fruit teaprepared −0.5
39 Hugo (cocktail)prepared −0.5
40 Herbal liqueurprepared −0.5
41 Peppermint teaprepared −0.4
42 Sports drinkprepared −0.4
43 Beerprepared −0.4
44 Alcohol-free beerprepared −0.4
45 Black teaprepared −0.3
46 Herbal teaprepared −0.3
47 Cappuccino (with milk, 3.5%)prepared −0.3
48 Latte macchiato (with milk, 3.5%)prepared −0.3
49 Cream liqueurprepared −0.2
50 Mineral waterraw −0.2
51 Mineral water, stillraw −0.2
52 Radler (beer with lemonade)prepared −0.2
53 Green teaprepared −0.2
54 Wheat beerprepared −0.2
55 Tonic waterprepared −0.2
56 Iced tea (lemon, sweetened)prepared −0.2
57 Orange sodaprepared −0.2
58 Kombucha (plain)fermented −0.1
59 Rooibos teaprepared −0.1
60 Gin and tonicprepared −0.1
61 Tap waterraw −0.1
62 Agave syrupraw 0.0
63 Energy drink (sweetened)prepared 0.0
64 Ginger aleprepared 0.0
65 Lemonade, clearprepared 0.0
66 Lemonade, sugar-freeprepared 0.0
67 Lemon sodaprepared 0.0
68 Bubble tea (milk tea with tapioca)prepared +0.1
69 Ginprepared +0.1
70 Korn (grain spirit)prepared +0.1
71 Whiskyprepared +0.1
72 Fruit brandy (schnapps)prepared +0.1
73 Brandyprepared +0.1
74 Rumprepared +0.1
75 Tequilaprepared +0.1
76 Vodkaprepared +0.2
77 Eggnogprepared +0.3
78 Cokeprepared +0.5
79 Coke, without coffeinprepared +0.5
80 Coke, sugar-freeprepared +0.6

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