A&W Root Beer Fridge Pack Cans, 355 mL, 12 Pack

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Allen began to sell franchises to others, thus establishing the first franchise restaurant chain in America. 1950 – HERE WE GROW AGAIN In October 1993 A&W Beverages was folded into Cadbury Beverages. It spun off its U.S. beverages business as Dr Pepper Snapple Group in 2008. Cresswell, Stephen (January 6, 1998). Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop. Storey Publishing. p.4. ISBN 978-1580170529.

a b c d "A&W Root Beer - History". Archived from the original on 2008-01-14 . Retrieved 2007-12-22. – A&W root beer's official history In 1963 the company was sold to the J. Hungerford Smith Company, which had produced Allen's concentrate since 1921. That year the first overseas A&W restaurant opened its doors in Guam. In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the United Fruit Company, which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the United Brands Company. [6] In the late 1970s A&W Restaurants was formed to manage restaurant franchising. It was bought in 1982 by A. Alfred Taubman. Sodium benzoate is a type of preservative that is used to extend the shelf life of food and beverage products. Natural and Artificial FlavorsNow that we know the ingredients that are used to make A&W Root Beer, let’s take a look at how this delicious beverage is made. In July 2017 A&W Canada reformulated its root beer, dropping high fructose corn syrup and some flavors from the recipe, substituting cane sugar, sarsaparilla root, licorice, birch bark and anise. [ clarification needed] A&W Canada launched the new formula by declaring Free Root Beer Day, serving free root beer at all locations on July 22, 2017. [7]

In conjunction with A&W’s 80thAnniversary, the world’s largest Root Beer Float was created. 2,562.5 gallons of Root Beer was used to break the world record. 2003 – CHEESY GOOD Boudreaux, Edmond (February 5, 2013). Legends and Lore of the Mississippi Golden Gulf Coast. The History Press. p.145. ASIN B00BBXFJOC. a b Sokolov, Raymond (April 5, 1993). Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats. Touchstone. p.174. ISBN 978-0671797911.

A&W Root Beer Ingredients

Higgins, Nadia (August 1, 2013). Fun Food Inventions (Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day). 21st Century. p.30. ISBN 978-1467710916. Since safrole, a key component of sassafras, was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960 due to its carcinogenicity, most commercial root beers have been flavored using artificial sassafras flavoring, [1] [2] but a few (e.g. Hansen's) use a safrole-free sassafras extract. [3] Many A&W locations that opened in the U.S. during the Yum! Brands ownership years (2002–2011) were co-branded with Yum!'s other chains— Long John Silver's, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut or KFC.