On Sat 12 Feb 2005 09:15:50a, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Most soda today has "flavorings" rather than the real ingredient in raw
> form. It happens to be one of my favorite sodas, but I don't care for
> ginger as a spice in cooking all that much.

I think Vernor's Ginger Ale still uses essence of pure ginger, as least they
used to in the not so distant past.

Wayne