Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rolaids is a brand of antacid produced by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The brand was acquired from Pfizer Consumer Healthcare as part of a merger in 2006. It was invented by American chemist Irvine W. Grote in the late 1920s. The name is derived from their original packaging that came in a foil roll.Rolaids were also used for muscle soreness and stomach aches relating to constipation dating back to 1974.Rolaids tablets come in many different flavors, including original peppermint, cherry, freshmint, fruit, tropical, punch, cool mint, berry and apple.McNeil Consumer Healthcare voluntarily recalled certain product lots of Rolaids products in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Fiji on January 15, 2010, in consultation with the FDA.