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NA beer is not basically “beer flavored soda.” The only thing the two have in common is carbonation and even that is produced differently in each. Soda is flavored syrup mixed with water that has been carbonated by forcing CO2 through it. NA beer is brewed the same as regular beer, and carbonation occurs during this process. For some NA beers, fermentation is arrested before significant amounts of alcohol form, while others are subjected to a vacuum to lower the boiling point so that the alcohol can be boiled out with a minimum effect of the flavor.
This is it. The law is likely written in a way that exempts all non-alcoholic beer and the brewing industry doesn't want to touch that law at all since it would likely lead to all alcoholic products being required to publish nutritional information rather than just non-alcoholic products.
I think you are taking the beer flavored soda comment too literally.
Both are beverages people drink for fun and have calories, which is the comparison said in a lighthearted manner.
Except it depends on how the law sees them. OP may view them as two similar products, but the law may not and the discussion is based on why the law treats two similar products differently.