Root Beer
Cross-source consensus on Root Beer from 1 sources and 3 claims.
1 sources · 3 claims
Comparisons
Background
Evidence quality
Highlighted claims
- Charles Hires, a Philadelphia pharmacist, invented commercial root beer in the 1870s by carbonating a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch sassafras brew. — Traditional Fermented Sassafras Root Beer
- No commercial root beer brand available in the United States today contains any actual sassafras. — Traditional Fermented Sassafras Root Beer
- Between 1876 and 1960, billions of gallons of real sassafras root beer were consumed in the United States with no documented adverse health events. — Traditional Fermented Sassafras Root Beer