National Root Beer Day - June 17th

I never drink soda, but when young I did.

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Alizerine said:
Do any of them still make it from roots like sarsaparilla? I think nor but I keep looking.
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Here's a link to Wiki... sassafras is mentioned along with sarsaparilla. (?)
A chemical in the soda was banned as cancer-causing. I'm too lazy to figure it all out.....

"Not all traditional or commercial root beers were sassafras-based. One of Hires's early competitors was Barq's, which began selling its sarsaparilla-based root beer in 1898 and was labeled simply as "Barq's"."

Root beer - Wikipedia
 
RadishRose said:
Here's a link to Wiki... sassafras is mentioned along with sarsaparilla. (?)
A chemical in the soda was banned as cancer-causing. I'm too lazy to figure it all out.....

"Not all traditional or commercial root beers were sassafras-based. One of Hires's early competitors was Barq's, which began selling its sarsaparilla-based root beer in 1898 and was labeled simply as "Barq's"."

Root beer - Wikipedia
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Hey, thanks. I will check it out. Sometimes "cancer causing" is just and excuse to make a cheaper product. Of course if its true we wouldn't want it in our beverage.
 
It looks like the ingredient safrole can cause liver cancer in rats in high doses. I guess better safe than sorry.
 

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