Root beer
Cove Root Beer
Cove · Zero-sugar probiotic
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cove's take is a zero-sugar, probiotic root beer that reaches for the classic profile: a rounded root-and-sassafras base softened by vanilla and a creamy, float-friendly sweetness rather than anything sharp or medicinal. It lands on the mellow, nostalgic side of the category, leaning on smooth caramel-vanilla character over assertive bark or wintergreen bite. The catch is the sweetener: because it's built on erythritol and stevia instead of sugar, expect a cooling, faintly bitter edge on the finish and a touch of off-axis tang that keeps it from drinking quite as full and rounded as a cane-sugar root beer. A good pick for the zero-sugar crowd, with the usual diet-soda trade-off on the back end.
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The maker
Cove Soda is a Canadian functional-soda brand founded by brothers John and Ryan MacLellan, who started in their mother's kitchen in Malignant Cove, Nova Scotia, and are based in Halifax. Launched in 2023, Cove markets a zero-sugar, probiotic soda (one billion probiotics plus added vitamin C) sweetened with erythritol and stevia rather than sugar. Its root beer is a keto-friendly take on the classic flavor with nothing artificial.
Ingredients & nutrition
Filtered Water, Erythritol, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Vanilla Extract, Himalayan Salt, Stevia Extract, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Guar Gum, Bacillus Subtilis DE111 (Probiotic).
12 fl oz · 5 cal · 0 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)