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{{short description|Carbonated drink}}
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{{Infobox drink
|name = Dandelion and burdock
|image = Dandelion and burdock.jpg
|image_alt =
|image_alt = A full glass of dark carbonated drink next to a mostly-empty bottle.
|caption = A bottle and glass of [[Fentimans]] dandelionDandelion and& burdockBurdock
|type = Carbonated soft drink
|manufacturer = Various
|origin = United Kingdom
|discontinued =
|colour = Caramel
|related = [[Root beer]], [[Sarsaparilla (soft drink)|sarsaparilla]]
|variants =
}}
 
'''Dandelion and burdock''' is a [[beverage]] originating and commonly consumed in the [[British Isles]] since the [[Middle Ages]]. It was originally a type of light [[mead]], but over the years has evolved into the [[carbonated]] [[soft drink]] commercially available today.{{sfnp|Lewis-Stempel|2010|p=153}} Traditionally, it was made from fermented dandelion (''[[Taraxacum officinale]]'') and burdock (''[[Arctium lappa]]'') roots, hence the name.
 
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| footer = A flowering dandelion (left) and a burdock plant (right)
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== History ==
Dandelion and burdock shares an origin with a number of drinks originally made from lightly fermented root extracts, such as [[root beer]] and [[Sarsaparilla (soft drink)|sarsaparilla]], supposedly as a health benefit. The dominant flavour in these other drinks is usually [[sassafras]] or [[wintergreen]], both now derived artificially rather than from the plant itself, in part because during the 1960s, [[safrole]], the major component of the volatile oil of sassafras, was found to be [[carcinogenic]] in rats. All of these drinks, while tasting similar, do have their own distinct flavour. Dandelion and burdock is most similar in flavour to [[Sarsaparilla (soft drink) |sarsaparilla]]. The drink has recently seen an increase in popularity after previously poor sales.<ref>{{cite book |last=Milliken |first=Chris |title=British Soft Drinks Since 1960 |year=2007 |publisher=University of Cambridge}}</ref>
 
== Imitations and variants ==
Ben Shaw, a [[Huddersfield]] businessman with humble origins, founded a company whichthat made and sold the drink, first in [[Yorkshire]] and then throughout Britain, between 1871 and 1993. Afterward, after which histhe enterprise passed through several hands and is now owned by [[Refresco]], who still make and sell the drink. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://letslookagain.com/2016/05/ben-shaws-of-huddersfield/ |title=Popular: Ben Shaw's of Huddersfield |date=22 May 2016}}</ref>▼
 
▲Ben Shaw, a [[Huddersfield]] businessman with humble origins, founded a company which made and sold the drink, first in [[Yorkshire]] and then throughout Britain, between 1871 and 1993, after which his enterprise passed through several hands and is now owned by [[Refresco]] who still make and sell the drink. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://letslookagain.com/2016/05/ben-shaws-of-huddersfield/ |title=Popular: Ben Shaw's of Huddersfield |date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
 
[[Fentimans]], a beverage company based in the United Kingdom, offers a version of the naturally brewed dandelion and burdock drink, containing extracts of both plants<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fentimans.com/soft_drinks |title=Our botanically brewed beverages |publisher=Fentimans |accessdate=22 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727133609/http://www.fentimans.com/soft_drinks |archivedate=27 July 2014}}</ref> (although its main ingredients are sugar and pear juice concentrate).
 
[[A.G. Barr]], famousknown for its Scottish soft drink [[Irn-Bru]], produces a version of dandelion and burdock under the name ''D'n'B'', andwith the slogan "Tall, dark and drinksome".<ref>{{cite web|title=Barr Dandelion & Burdock Soda 330ml |url=https://crowsnestcandy.ca/product/barr-dandelion-burdock-soda-330ml/?srsltid=AfmBOoolOTMLgynfpAeH05V-49FW9ADNDm2_uYj2qy9WbsYBwyoJEkuT |website=crowsnestcandy.ca |access-date=27 October 2024}}</ref>
 
The last of the UK's original [[temperance bar]]s, Fitzpatrick's in [[Rawtenstall]], Rossendale, which opened in 1890, still produces its dandelion and burdock to an original recipe brought over from Ireland at the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{citation |title=Rawtenstall raises the bar |date=1 October 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/01/places_temperance_bar_feature.shtml |publisher=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref>
 
==Apocryphal origin==
One false story regarding the origin of dandelion and burdock is that it was created by [[St. Thomas Aquinas]] in the 13th century.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/9353560/Classic-British-drinks.html?frame=2257874|title=Classic British drinks|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/28/how-make-dandelion-burdock-beer|title=How to make dandelion and burdock beer|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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== Bibliography ==
 
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* {{citation |last=Lewis-Stempel |first=John |title=The Wild Life |year=2010 |publisher=Black Swan |isbn=978-0-5527-7460-4}}
{{refend}}
 
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[[Category:Soft drinks]]
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[[Category:Soft drink flavors]]
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