you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 14 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Kind of ruins it for me that sassafras was banned in the 1960s for its carcinogenic properties and now all root beer is made from artificial sassafras. I stick with ginger beer myself.

  • source
  • hideshow 9 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Ginger beer isn't even made from fresh squeezed Gingers anymore.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago*

    I usually get Fever-Tree ginger beer, which lists ginger root in the ingredients with no artificial flavorings. That being said, I wouldn’t put it past any company to lie about ingredients after learning about, for example, studies showing products claiming to have avacado oil actually contain other types oils.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    it was? huh. i used to brew my own root beer (like ten years ago, not in the 60s) and i probably still have a bag of sassafras bark laying around somewhere.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments