Supermarket shelves across the United States are filling up with prebiotic and probiotic sodas that claim to be good for your gut.
Popular brands like Poppi and Olipop say their sodas contain prebiotics designed to help good bacteria grow. Culture Pop, on the other hand, is a probiotic drink that says it contains the live bacteria other brands help to cultivate.
But people have questioned the sodas' advertised benefits. Poppi recently became the subject of a class-action lawsuit alleging that, contrary to its marketing, its drinks don't contain enough prebiotic fiber to affect gut health.
Even so, I like that these beverages are lower-sugar alternatives to classic soda drinks. Culture Pop, for example, has no added sugar or sugar alternatives. Its sweetness comes from fruit juice.
And, after trying different flavors of Poppi and Olipop prebiotic sodas, I was curious to see how Culture Pop stacked up against the competition in terms of taste.
To find out, I grabbed every flavor of Culture Pop probiotic soda I could find and ranked them from best to worst.