Why Poppi, the Prebiotic Soda Company, Is Getting Sued [Video]

Poppi, the wildly successful prebiotic soda company, is facing a new class-action lawsuit that argues the brand overpromises on its health claims. 

On May 29, Kristin Cobbs brought forth the suit, whose lawyers stated in the complaint that the soda lacks any meaningful gut health benefits. 

“[Poppi’s] success is largely owed to its ability to preserve the flavor and sweetness of traditional sodas while claiming to be ‘gut healthy’ due to its inclusion of ‘prebiotics’ — a specific type of dietary fiber commonly found in food like bananas and whole grains. However, Defendant’s Poppi soda only contains two grams of prebiotic fiber, an amount too low to cause meaningful gut health benefits for the consumer from just one can. Accordingly, a consumer would need to drink more than four Poppi sodas in a day to realize any potential health benefits from its prebiotic fiber. However, even if a consumer were …