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Sassafras root is still used to flavor traditional root beer, although since sassafras was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because of the carcinogenicity of its constituent safrole, most commercial recipes do not contain sassafras. Some commercial root beers do use a safrole-free sassafras extract.
The hard root beers and now hard soda category use grains as a base to produce the alcohol, indeed fast-rising Not Your Fatherâs Root Beer appears simply to be a spiced beer. Still, the taste of the flavourings â spices, juice, sugar, etc. â seems the prime focus of these drinks, not malt and hops as such.