Panax ginseng extract: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 16:07 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00012000018817 — Pepsi Zero Sugar 2 L (US)**, plus stubs `family/pepsi-zero-sugar` and `ingredient/panax-ginseng-extract`. `brand/pepsi`, `company/pepsico`, `company/pepsi-cola-north-a. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Panax ginseng extract <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Panax ginseng extract
vegan: yes
vegetarian: yes
allergen: none
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                       | type   | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Panax ginseng root extract | search | en     |      |       |
| Ginseng extract            | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                                                     | title                                                                                | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published  | record_id     | locator                | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| offphoto | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/001/200/001/8817/1.jpg | Open Food Facts: back label of the 2 L Pepsi Max bottle, UPC 0 12000 01881 7 legible | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | pack        | 2015-01-19 | 0012000018817 | Back label, image id 1 | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| fooddive | https://www.fooddive.com/news/pepsico-reformulates-zero-sugar/640434/   | PepsiCo overhauls recipe for its Zero Sugar cola                                     | 2026-09-12 | Food Dive       | publication | 2023-01-17 |               |                        |              | Christopher Doering          |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Panax ginseng extract is an extract of the root of *Panax ginseng*, the Asian ginseng. PepsiCo used it in the zero-calorie cola sold in the United States as Diet Pepsi Max and later as Pepsi Zero Sugar, where it appeared last in the ingredient list alongside a caffeine level roughly twice that of Diet Pepsi.[^offphoto] The company removed it in January 2023, when it reformulated Pepsi Zero Sugar in the United States to taste closer to sugared Pepsi; the ginseng recipe stayed on sale in Canada.[^fooddive]
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