Drinking Very Old A&W Root Beer Compared To New Product

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[@NewEnglandWildlifeAndMore]

Hey everyone! Welcome to Old food saturday. I hope you enjoy this week's video, more videos coming throughout the week and next Saturday I will post a Thanksgiving special video, thanks for watching and have a great night

[@rimfire2642]

I know aspartame breaks down over time. Esepcially in sunlight. Buy a couple diet 2 liters and store one in a dark room for a year, and put the other one where it's in sunlight for part of a day. Might be intersting to tst a few of the different sweeteners.

[@OkraBlossomOk]

Awesome! Can't wait! 😊

[@calex9398]

Have an awesome night!

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

Hey, friend! 👋🏻

[@davidetienne9404]

What part of The States are you from? I like your accent and am genuinely curious.

[@ohionative5237]

Root beer and black licorice are both flavored with anise.

[@R3troZone]

There is very little licorice root in Root Beer. The main flavoring comes from Sassafras root and Wintergreen.

[@Experis-iq6vs]

I don’t know why I love old food Saturdays so much, there’s just something about them. 😂

[@timscott281]

you're not alone there.. its fascinating and nostalgic

[@RockCity1111]

This Man needs protection. We must keep him safe for old food Saturdays !!

[@pauled8no1]

One key difference you overlooked when looking at the ingredients is that the new one has two sweeteners in it: asulfame potassium (sold under brand name Splenda) as well as aspartame. The old one had only aspartame. That might account for the taste difference. Splenda is sweeter.

[@Indiskret1]

I saw that too. Personally I prefer the combination to the single Aspartam-variants, tastes more natural to me (shouldn't use the word natural, anyways) and many drinks of today use both. At least in Sweden. They tried introducing Stevia (even Coca-Cola did that) but that was a complete flop. Many thinks it tastes metallic. No such problem with Acesulfam.

[@statementleaver8095]

Old One advertised as DIET = ASS-PART-A-ME New One advertised as ZERO SUGAR = SWEETNER & ASS-PART-A-ME Sodium had a difference in milligrams/% due to 365-364 capacity Bubble reaction due to preservation packaging on can Seal......Different Gas used.

[@pauled8no1]

@@Indiskret1 I totally agree with you!

[@holysab7]

True but Splenda is sucralose, acesulfame potassium is a different sweetner

[@Kachanoid]

yankees never understand how good is basic cane sugar

[@computerkid1416]

A slight clarification: The "Zero" line didn't necessarily replace Diet, it depends on the soda. It might have with A&W, however, with the case of other sodas like Pepsi or Coke, the "Diet" and "Zero" lines are two different variations, with the "Diet" line being more traditional, whereas "Zero" is attempting to taste more like the regular cane sugar version.

[@DolphinOfFire]

Yep, diet coke and zero sugar tastes different from each other, and I actually prefer the taste of the diet coke. In the case of red bull zero sugar and diet have different sweeteners. One uses aspartame and the other has aspartame and sucrolose

[@ChristopherIsIT]

Try hanging your mugs upside down to minimize the amount of particulate from dust and house settling. This, along with through rinsing before use, will minimize questionable particulate in drinks you're testing. Anyway, love your conent! Keep it coming!!!

[@snowballil3133]

Dads rootbeer is my favorite

[@LSniumUwU]

This guy need more recognition man Hollywood now days can’t touch this man.

[@avgrim7729]

He needs his own cable show!!!

[@mgratk]

@@avgrim7729 Nah, tv is all garbage. Post is too good for cable.

[@filmandphoto11]

The new one looks to include Quillaia Extract that does not appear in the old one

[@sunnihunny]

Many MANY years ago, old drink bottle lids.. the kind that had to be popped off with a can opener.. were lined in cork! And there was a promotional thing going on at one point where there were dimes imbedded underneath the cork! Something I haven't thought about in a looong time😊

[@BananaJonesMom]

I can’t find anything about them putting fines inside the cork?

[@sunnihunny]

Dimes. Yes it was a thing. Perhaps it was only local. This would have been in the early 1960s. The reason I remember it so distinctly is because a family member owned a motel. Their son, my brother and I would spend hours digging cork out of drink caps from the soft drink machine lid drop box. And yes, we found dimes! Sometimes few.. Sometimes many.

[@silvialatoni2277]

The stuff could be dust of your Glass cups because they tend to collect dust when you have them out without rinsing them before use.

[@RockCity1111]

He uses them quite often so I wouldn't think it's that. But your are correct 😊

[@billlevins7460]

you have been making such great videos lately. We really enjoy these.

[@DexterSkelter]

Love your channel. Simple but very entertaining. Thank you.

[@ericcrawford7207]

I bet that ancient aspartame went bad after all this time and that's why it's sour

[@johnsix2764]

Love this - me and my son love and watch all your videos! Plus, I’m a huge fan of A&W.

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Impressive! Your consideration for the environment and animals is commendable mate. Well done. I’m in Australia and your videos are very entertaining!

[@connielaws1674]

Great video! First, I love Old Food Saturday! Second, I’m now craving root beer!😂 I remember NutraSweet coming out on the market in the early 80’s. The old cans look like maybe early 80’s from the way the nutrition facts look on the can. I used to drink diet soda and I remember NutraSweet had such a bad aftertaste. Love the packaging of course! Thanks for sharing!❤

[@mgratk]

Post, FYI: high alkalinity is as dangerous as high acidity.

[@simple-human-being]

Good point, in some cases it's actually more dangerous

[@AB-ye7bw]

Excellent demonstration!👍

[@cobraF117a]

Thanks for the video!

[@bobbibuttons8730]

Hi from Scotland. I love your videos. They really are so educational to me as we don’t have a lot of the products here. Imo the old suds/foam looks a lot creamier than the old one. I wonder how much of the strange taste is down to the degradation of the aspartame. I must admit I hate that stuff being in almost everything now and I’m so allergic to it.

[@cherylyargeau4422]

Very cool vid Post. You rock Saturdays!

[@sneugler]

It seems they used a recipe closer to the traditional method of root beer with some licorice root inside. As a huge fan of the flavor, glad to know it used to be similar to the modern "artisanal" root beers.

[@opaldix]

I tried A&W's Zero Sugar Root Beer a few weeks ago and is now my new favorite soda.

[@LordSluggo]

I got diagnosed with the Beetus this year so I had to give up soda. Diet A&W is the only diet soda that almost tastes normal if you're not paying attention

[@dt564]

I'm sorry to hear about your beetus

[@hematinohematino5518]

Sunkist orange soda zero sugar is pretty normal tasting too, I'm in the same boat with the beetus but two years ago and that's my go to.

[@nitroxylictv]

Zero sugar citrus green tea tastes literally identical to normal green tea especially limpton, if thats your thing. I think it has to do with the sour citrus flavoring cancelling out the gross bitterness of aspartame and sucralose. Also zero sugar Canada Dry is pretty good.

[@jimdarhower4945]

I agree with the root beer and Sunkist. Zero sugar sprite/7up are both pretty good. Zero sugar cherry 7up is real good.

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

Revisit Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero, Dr Pepper Zero once you are weaned off of sugar. They taste really great in actuality, and you haven’t been able to taste them for what they are during your sugar-addiction phase.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you! 🫚

[@t3rum]

You didn't read all of the ingredients. The new one has Quillaia extract listed right after malic acid and the old one doesn't

[@tweezerjam]

Love the old food rants 😂

[@AlexGamer343]

Me empezaron a gustar mucho tus videos, increíble, vine a aprender cosas tan simples que no se me habían ocurrido como lo del interior de las latas, esa cubierta de plástico se rompiera o algo así, muy buen contenido, directo, sin decir tanta tontería, saludos desde México

[@dpp898]

Love the channel man ✌️

[@noahboat580]

Gotta love the snoopy art on the A&W can

[@JohnPaul-ru2wb]

Post is awesome keep up the great videos!!

[@melodiccanvas]

Hey Dave! Thanks for the video! I love A and W dave

[@jimmyjimjims7483]

Aspartame gives me a horrible headache so I don't drink diet anything, and I can't have anything with Phenylalanine because I get an irregular heartbeat so I just avoid diet soda at all costs (and also read every single food label).

[@jordangassman2595]

Hi New England Wildlife And More, great video and always keep it up love these and those old root beer cans are in great condition.

[@dcozombieloverr7115]

another great video bro

[@frederickbowman4494]

GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@fhwolthuis]

Another great video, Post 👌😃

[@watersloth288]

so awesome love how you talk about everything that's wrong with our food industry in these videos

[@a1wireless1964]

Great video is always, Have you ever thought about getting some clear mugs that don't have printing on them? Or even some glasses? it would make it a lot easier to see what's in them.

[@Macho_Fagito]

Old food Saturday is what’s up

[@youtubetim3577]

Oh man love the graphics on old cans.

[@katieyoung7271]

I always look forward to your videos.

[@-chris-2775]

There is currently a co2 shortage happening. I often wonder if they are adding air and less co2 since sodas seem to go flat much faster in the glass than I remember. 🤔

[@carmenpoole6299]

That was so much fun ty!! 😊

[@Mr4..]

Post (don't know your real name) I know you get this alot but I just wanted to say thank you for your efforts on these videos. And if you see this I want you to know that you help me every day battling with depression, but all your videos unclogs, camps, hikes and general vlogging. It's a shame I'm in the UK as I would absolutely would love to go out on a camp in your wildernesses. Thank you 🩵.

[@stellamaggard3669]

Too bad you didn't have some vanilla ice cream. To make some root beer floats. Always interesting ❤❤❤

[@Plasmacore_V]

All of these diet / zero sugar-free drinks have a weird bitter flavor even when they're new. Then once you swallow you get the strange aftertaste / feel on your tongue. Makes them unpalatable, and I've always wondered how people can stand to drink them.

[@mgratk]

I've always liked the artificially sweetened and think that regular is syrupy and not thirst-quenching.

[@dennisf1973]

I can't handle it, my throat hurts after it so i always notice this very exact thing! Never have that with natural sugar in a drink!! Some are just bad for you when consumed a lot and can cause cancer in studies. (Don't drink them a lot..)

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

Pepsi max doesn’t idk why

[@dennisf1973]

@@sh3tpostsgamertime204 The times i drank that, it seemed ok!

[@antoneckhart4010]

​@@mgratkisnt that because in america you have corn syrup for sugar? In the america soda section in my shop I noticed they all "thick" and syrupy. In UK EU everything is sugar or sweetener. So yeah I understand why you might prefer the sweetener ones.

[@lukenystroem]

Haha, the Furby. Part of my childhood❤

[@marcberm]

As soon as I saw the NutraSweet logo I ccould tell you those were going to be gross. Anything made with artificial sweeteners won't last more than a year without getting gross off flavors. The chemical sweetener breaks down into other things it's disgusting.

[@nitroxylictv]

It also tastes bad from the start. Sucralose and aspartame are pretty nasty and some people are born with a different set of taste buds that trigger the bitter receptors instead of the sweet receptors when consuming sweeteners. I know because im one of them. It tastes metallic and bitter and makes what would be normal tasting soda taste like it has rust or iron in it. To me zero coke and diet dr pepper taste like water from a rusty pipe.

[@hecatesheart521]

Yes!! Old food Saturday is here! 😊

[@JJ-rz8jf]

You are wild. I like wild. (Just my two cents: you should have a palette cleanser in between before drinking the new one AND you should literally test the drinks first before you drink them!!! lol)

[@toonsguy9782]

You are a very good KZbinr.

[@BeerGrunt]

The different types of gases used can determine the consistency of the bubbles. C 02 make bigger, wider bubbles - whereas nitrogen tends to make smaller finer bubbles. Some places like the Guinness Brewery will mix their own gases. Guinness gas is a mix of 50% c 02 and 50% nitrogen. It provides a unique consistency/mouth feel. (Brewer here, lol)

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

That’s a cool fact; I’d assumed nitrogen in Guinness but didn’t know it was a 50-50 mix. Neat!

[@kouwearie5302]

You're a true Horsefighter!❤

[@notoxicty6890]

My fav kind of vid !!!

[@Tea-Flowers]

I'm addicted to these videos ❤ in a good way. 😂

[@Guitarplayer7253]

These videos always cheer me up, thanks for these videos!

[@SinistralCitizen]

I think the old A&W cans were made of steel. I remember when i was a kid and took cans to the recycling center they'd make me pick them out. Try holding a magnet to it.

[@toebarsrealm3773]

Fun vid, thanks! Now if you could find some 40 y/o vanilla ice cream and do a rootbeer float! The holy grail of old food testing? Thanks post!

[@user-vh7ki7xu7o]

Lol ice cream would never last. He could make some 80 year old dehydrated milk and make ice cream maybe

[@toebarsrealm3773]

@@user-vh7ki7xu7o now you're talkin! Good idea!

[@lorig4871]

Oh i love those , they have snoopy

[@andrerenault]

Those cans look beautiful, they’ve aged well.

[@01ls1z28dabx]

That's a great pickup line.

[@pinkeye983]

@@01ls1z28dabx😂

[@InsanePickle24]

@@01ls1z28dabx 🤣

[@DirtfishingChad]

Just so you know that can is from 1994. It's 29 yrs old. Just search a&w snoopy weightlifting can. The dates on the can are the copyright dates for peanut characters.

[@TheUKMediaWatch]

Cheers 🍻 😉

[@R3troZone]

Older sodas like root beer and cream soda contained powdered lactose which is basically the natural sugar in milk. It's what made the drinks taste creamy and feel smooth on your tongue. Newer sodas don't really use it anymore. That's why the foam in the older soda seemed better, it's the carbonation reacting with the lactose.

[@WilliamsKnifeLife]

If you want a sweetener that doesn't raise your glucose and doesn't have an odd taste, try Stevia and or Monkfruit. It's more expensive than sugar unfortunately.

[@cactusjackNV]

No one was asking.

[@JaxsonCat]

Monkfruit is disgusting and stevia is extremely bitter. What are you on about?

[@thenewjerseydevil997]

That was interesting, the suds on carton looked real lol

[@ducewags]

Todays fun fact. The number one thing found in a water treatment, sewage plant, is condoms. Thanks for the shows Post.

[@randycharlesjohnson6248]

They do still sell diet A&W root beer because I bought a diet A&W at a convenience store about a year ago. But it is really hard to find it where I live. Because I have a very hard time finding diet A&W, I drink A&W zero sugar.

[@AstraSystem]

One of my favorite parts of each Saturday! edit: I had to order some A&W after watching this. Happily sipping it while eating a grilled egg and cheese sandwich for dinner.

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

8:00: two changes. One, natural & artificial flavors, aspartame order was changed. And the new can contains an additional ingredient after malic acid.

[@turji]

The new can has over 50% more sodium, 115mg the old one has 50mg. When u do these tests with sods that is good, u shuld do a blind test, to see if u can tell whats old and whats new.

[@Thetimecapsuletx]

I always said that some day they will be mining the landfills for all the plastics to remake petroleum.

[@comicpizza8905]

"Sour and musty but not necessarily bad" LOL

[@w.w77]

FUN FACT When the coca cola syrup is shipped to australia, it is transported in Gold lined stainless steel containers so the syrup doesnt eat through the stainless steel. I went on a tour of the coke factory here in australia. Very interesting but i no longer drink any soda.

[@mgratk]

So no more lemonade or OJ either?

[@w.w77]

@@mgratk no mate. I make my own freshly squeezed orange juice or tea.

[@user-lw3ii2ec1h]

Reminds me of fluoride.😂 Congrats giving up soda! I haven’t had one this year.

[@w.w77]

@@user-lw3ii2ec1h its poison. Who thought it would be delicious to make a drink with phosphoric acid 🤔 cause that's what's in all sodas

[@DavideDavini]

I have a beer instead. Probably not much better for your health but at least my teeth don’t get destroyed as much. LOL. Cheers mate.

[@glennb92]

You wouldn't say that can is from the 70's. So cool.

[@LadyHeathersLair]

I remember A&W as a kid. It was only a park and serve. This was before we got a Macdonald’s. I loved their root beer. Still have that baby mug too.

[@AdamKaiser.]

I’m curious do you plan on storing new cans and testing them like 40 years from now since you would know firsthand how they are supposed to taste?

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

That’s actually a great idea, I’m just imagining him opening a can of soda from 2024 in 2064 and comparing it to a 2064 can when he’s old and wrinkly and grey. He’d probably still be doing it, and I’d still be watching! Lol

[@chrisstott4100]

Post, Interesting as usual! The suds were different. I like you got a Peanuts tie in six pack. Interesting factoid about the plastic rings. Wear your rubber duck shirt in one of these videos, so we can get a good look at it. Stay warm!

[@anxiousmofo6673]

I love that Woodstock 94 Pepsi can. One concert I wish I could of went to, but I was only 5 at the time.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

I love that he's not only interested in is it still good? But why? What's the difference between the two?

[@IchliebeHunde58]

It always amazes me how you get your hands on this “ancient,” “vintage” products to make these videos. Very interesting and one of my favourite channels. It has to be the least likely channel to be interesting that is actually VERY interesting. Thank you much! 👌💎

[@JayStephens8]

Nice I can’t remember if they still make a diet version but I’ve noticed lately more soda companies are making zero sugar drinks and putting less focus on the diet stuff

[@rocknroller77]

They do. I've bought it before.

[@jollyroger35]

When I was young the cap gaskets were use for contests as well. You would remove it to see what you won. Now a days a big reason why you remove the caps before recycling is because they are too small for the recycling machines. I read anything smaller than a small ketchup or salsa cup you find at fast food restaurants will get rejected.

[@imspooky2024]

root beer my favorite

[@Megabean]

I watch your videos because I wanna see you try ancient food. I stay because these videos are way more educational then you'd expect given the content lol.

[@whyhelp141]

A&W makes the best root bar floats XD

[@the_secret_raven]

I absolutely love A&W Root Beer! I always buy the full sugar ones though as I'm not a fan of drinks with sweeteners in them. Here in the UK I can only buy A&W on the US import isle of Sainsbury's which is a UK Supermarket and it's around £3 a tin! Great vid, Post! Thanks.

[@GinaSiska]

I agree, artificial sweeteners are extremely unhealthy.

[@user-fu9uj7gr4u]

Hi handsome, A&W cream soda is really good too

[@anthonysuski9248]

Dude I have thousands of cans in my yard!! Been saving them since 2019 to recycle for 💰!! You would have fun going through them! Probably some rare ones!!

[@ibanezleftyclub]

As a New England kid who grew up on A&W floats at the A&W restaurants, I appreciate this video :)

[@Rooonga]

I’m amazed at how long you’ve had those ring pulls in the states. Pretty sure they didn’t hit the uk until the 90’s

[@baldwinjeremy182]

Last one I watched he was around 280k. Congrats on 300k!🎉

[@baldwinjeremy182]

The acesulfame potassium is a newer artificial sweetener. It tastes different from aspartame (Nutrasweet). This could account for some of the difference in flavor. And maybe the difference in carbonation🤔?

[@conniethingstad1070]

I graduated from high school in 1977 so I remember root beer not in cans! like you went to a drive in or restaurant and got the original stuff. the canned stuff cannot be compared!

[@tinacasarotto1264]

Probably because it may have still contained real plant extract. You can still find real root beer in glass bottles. They cost more but are worth it.

[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

Diet and Zero Sugar sodas are actually different. Zero Sugar are meant to taste like the original, but with no sugar.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Ahhh A&W I love that stuff.

[@chrislaberge2255]

Awesome video my child hodd right there hi form vermont

[@calex9398]

That sink is boss

[@watersloth288]

also a lot of root beers soemtimes do taste like black licorice

[@brianbauer7560]

Root beer is my favorite soft drink. Yummy