Editing Root beer (section)

==Ingredients==
Commercial root beer is now produced in Canada and every U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.root-beer.org/modules.php?name=Brands |title=Brands - A World of Root Beer Resources - Root Beer World |access-date=8 February 2015 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125104612/http://www.root-beer.org/modules.php?name=Brands |url-status=live }}</ref>  Although this beverage's popularity is greatest in North America, some brands are produced in or imported by other countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Argentina, Germany, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Sweden, Vietnam,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.root-beer.org/modules.php?name=Brands |title=Brands - A World of Root Beer Resources |work=Root Beer World |access-date=2009-02-22 |archive-date=2021-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125104612/http://www.root-beer.org/modules.php?name=Brands |url-status=live }}</ref> and Thailand. The flavor of these beverages may vary from typical North American versions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rootbeerbarrel.com/ |title=anthony's root beer barrel |access-date=8 February 2015 |archive-date=9 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060809231140/http://www.rootbeerbarrel.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> or be similar to those found in North America. While no standard recipe exists, the primary ingredients in modern root beer are filtered water, sugar, and safrole-free sassafras extract, which complements other flavors. Common flavorings are [[vanilla]], [[caramel]], [[wintergreen]], [[black cherry]] bark, [[liquorice|licorice root]], [[Smilax regelii|sarsaparilla root]], [[nutmeg]], [[acacia]], [[anise]], [[molasses]], [[cinnamon]], [[sweet birch]], and [[honey]]. Soybean protein or [[yucca]] are sometimes used to create a foamy quality, and caramel coloring is used to make the beverage brown.<ref name=Sokolov/>

Ingredients in early and traditional root beers include allspice, birch bark, [[coriander]], [[juniper]], [[ginger]], wintergreen, hops, [[Arctium|burdock]] root, [[Taraxacum officinale|dandelion]] root, [[spikenard]], [[pipsissewa]], [[guaiacum]] chips, sarsaparilla, spicewood, [[Prunus serotina|wild cherry]] bark, [[yellow dock]], [[Aralia spinosa|prickly ash]] bark, sassafras root, vanilla beans, dog grass, molasses and licorice.<ref>Bellis, Mary. "The History of Root Beer." About Money. Web. 5 March 2015.</ref> Many of these ingredients are still used in traditional and commercially produced root beer today, which is often thickened, foamed or carbonated.

Most major brands other than Barq's are [[caffeine]]-free (Barq's contains about 1.8 mg of caffeine per fluid ounce).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootbeerbarrel.com/faqs/#caffeine |title=F.A.Qs |work=anthony’s root beer barrel |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=8 February 2015 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124195955/https://rootbeerbarrel.com/faqs/#caffeine |url-status=live }}</ref>

Root beer can be made at home with processed extract obtained from a factory,<ref name="Root Beer">{{cite web |url=http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/ROOTBEER_Jn0.htm |title=MAKING ROOT BEER AT HOME |first=David B. |last=Fankhauser |website=biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019025729/http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/cheese/ROOTBEER_Jn0.htm |archive-date=2007-10-19}}</ref> or it can also be made from herbs and roots that have not yet been processed. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic traditional root beers make a thick and foamy head when poured, often enhanced by the addition of yucca extract, soybean protein, or other thickeners.

Alcoholic root beers produced in the 2000s have included [[Small Town Brewery]]'s Not Your Father's Root Beer; [[Coney Island Brewing Co.]]'s hard root beer; and Best Damn Brewing Co.'s Best Damn Root Beer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/millercoors-seeks-sales-pop-gen-xers-hard-soda/302258 |title=MillerCoors Seeks Sales Pop from Gen-Xers with Hard Soda |date=22 January 2016 |work=[[Ad Age]] |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018194001/https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/millercoors-seeks-sales-pop-gen-xers-hard-soda/302258 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Common ingredients===

====Roots and herbs====
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* ''[[Sassafras albidum]]'' – sassafras roots and bark (or artificial [[safrole]] substitute)
* ''Smilax regelii'' – [[Smilax regelii|sarsaparilla]]
* ''Smilax glyciphylla'' – [[sweet sarsaparilla]]
* ''Piper auritum'' – root beer plant or [[hoja santa]]
* ''Glycyrrhiza glabra'' – [[licorice]] (root)
* ''[[Aralia nudicaulis]]'' – wild sarsaparilla or "rabbit root"
* ''Gaultheria procumbens'' – [[wintergreen]] (leaves and berries)
* ''Betula lenta'' – [[sweet birch]] (sap/syrup/resin)
* ''Betula nigra'' – [[Betula nigra|black birch]] (sap/syrup/resin)
* ''Prunus serotina'' – [[Prunus serotina|black cherry]] (wood)
* ''Picea rubens'' – [[red spruce]]
* ''Picea mariana'' – [[black spruce]]
* ''Picea sitchensis'' – [[Sitka spruce]]
* ''Arctium lappa'' – [[burdock]] (root)
* ''Taraxacum officinale'' – [[dandelion]] (root)
* ''[[Quillaja saponaria]]'' – soapbark, a [[foaming agent]]
* ''[[Yucca]]'' – a foaming agent
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====Spices====
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* ''Pimenta dioica'' – [[allspice]]
* ''Theobroma cacao'' – [[chocolate]]
* ''Trigonella foenum-graecum'' – [[fenugreek]]
* ''Myroxylon balsamum'' – [[Tolu balsam]]
* ''Abies balsamea'' – [[balsam fir]]
* ''Myristica fragrans'' – [[nutmeg]]
* ''Cinnamomum verum'' – [[cinnamon]] (bark)
* ''Cinnamomum aromaticum'' – [[Cinnamomum aromaticum|cassia]] (bark)
* ''Syzygium aromaticum'' – [[clove]]
* ''Foeniculum vulgare'' – [[fennel]] (seed)
* ''Zingiber officinale'' – [[ginger]] (stem/rhizome)
* ''Illicium verum'' – [[star anise]]
* ''Pimpinella anisum'' – [[anise]]
* ''Humulus lupulus'' – [[hops]]
* ''Mentha'' species – [[Mentha|mint]]
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====Other ingredients====
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* [[carbonated water]]
* ''Hordeum vulgare'' – [[barley]] ([[malt]]ed)
* ''Hypericum perforatum'' – [[St. John's wort]]
* [[sugar]]
* [[molasses]]
* [[yeast]]
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