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Record 1 2016-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
CONT

Root Beer: Not really a beer! It was created in the mid-1800s by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires, the original root beer was a (very) low-alcohol, naturally effervescent beverage made by fermenting a blend of sugar and yeast with various roots, herbs and barks such as sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry, wintergreen and ginger. Today's commercial root beer is completely non-alcoholic and generally contains sugar, caramel colouring, a combination of artificial and natural flavourings (including some of those originally used) and carbonated water for sparkle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Boisson gazeuse aromatisée aux extraits de racines de sassafras. [Définition normalisée par l'OQLF.]

OBS

racinette; soda racinette : termes normalisés par l'OQLF.

Spanish

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