Editing Root beer (section)

===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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