I’m unsure why I’ve a factor for prebiotic sodas like Olipop and Poppi. Perhaps I really feel responsible and want to do one thing good for my digestive system as a substitute of letting simply McDonald’s Meal Offers and Mountain Dew circulate via it.

However I’m not the one one with “a factor” for the better-for-you drinks. The phase is rising quick sufficient that Massive Soda needs to be part of it. Nonetheless, Pepsi and Coca-Cola have taken two totally different routes. Pepsi lately bought Poppi, and Coca-Cola determined to develop its personal prebiotic soda providing — Merely Pop.

Merely Pop differs from others by including extra fruit juice. Whereas the bigs within the prebiotic soda sport have juice ranges between 4%-19%, all Merely Pop flavors transcend that: Citrus Punch (30%), Fruit Punch (25%), Lime (28%), Pineapple Mango (26%), and Strawberry (29%).

Nonetheless, regardless of the usage of fruit juices and pure flavors, the easiest way I can describe them is to say they style someplace between the highest prebiotic soda manufacturers and flavored glowing water, however nearer to the latter. I’ve tried many Poppi and Olipop varieties, and in case you benefit from the candy fruitiness of these, the style degree of Coca-Cola’s providing will burst your carbonated bubbles. Merely put, regardless of what the cans say, these flavors merely don’t pop. Additionally, a few of them aren’t excellent.

Citrus Punch tastes like an underripe Cuties mandarin orange; Strawberry jogs my memory of biting right into a mushy, overripe strawberry; Fruit Punch is like consuming watered-down Kool-Support; Pineapple Mango has a taste just like the liquid from canned diced pineapples in water; and Lime, the worst of the bunch, tastes like I’m biting into lime rinds. I didn’t take pleasure in any of them, and I’m unwilling to repurchase them for my tongue or intestine. I’ll be sticking with Olipop and Poppi.

Nonetheless, with that stated, one thing I seen about these is that it’s arduous to inform they’re prebiotic sodas. Once more, I don’t like how they style. However with Poppi, the apple cider vinegar in them is noticeable, and with Olipop there’s one thing about them that makes them style, effectively, healthy-ish. With Merely Pop, I don’t discover something that could possibly be thought of healthy-ish; they only lack a powerful taste.

So what makes Merely Pop a better-for-you soda? They haven’t any added sugars. As an alternative, no matter is within the juices and monk fruit extract sweetens them. Nonetheless, their most important well being profit is fiber content material, which they get from soluble corn fiber. I assumed the a part of the vegetable that the fiber comes from was corn husks, however after taking place a corn gap about rabbit fiber. I imply, a rabbit gap about corn fiber, I realized that it truly comes from the kernels. Nonetheless, whereas each can gives a formidable 21% of your day by day fiber, Olipop flavors have a good higher 32%.

General, Easy Pop is solely not as tasty as what Olipop and Poppi supply.

Bought Value: $2.50 every (on sale)
Dimension: 12-ounce cans
Bought at: Safeway
Ranking: 5 out of 10
Vitamin Info: (1 can) Citrus Punch 60 energy, 0 grams of fats, 25 milligrams of sodium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugar (together with 0 grams of added sugar), and 0 grams of protein. Fruit Punch 50 energy, 0 grams of fats, 25 milligrams of sodium, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 9 grams of sugar (together with 0 grams of added sugar), and 0 grams of protein. Lime 60 energy, 0 grams of fats, 25 milligrams of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugar (together with 0 grams of added sugar), and 0 grams of protein. Pineapple Mango 60 energy, 0 grams of fats, 25 milligrams of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugar (together with 0 grams of added sugar), and 0 grams of protein. Strawberry 60 energy, 0 grams of fats, 25 milligrams of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugar (together with 0 grams of added sugar), and 0 grams of protein.