A lawsuit filed towards the wildly widespread “Shark Tank” phenomenon, Poppi prebiotic soda, alleges that the drink was not as “intestine wholesome” because it’s marketed to be.
Plaintiff Kristin Cobbs of San Francisco filed the class action lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of herself and “equally located” shoppers of Poppi towards the mum or dad firm, VNGR Beverage LLC, which is predicated in Austin, Texas.
Poppi has shortly climbed the ranks within the beverage world — capitalizing on related advertising and marketing and scoring shelf-space at widespread retailers like Entire Meals, Goal and Costco.
Poppi’s “intestine wholesome” guarantees are false for the reason that soda “solely accommodates two grams of prebiotic fiber, an quantity too low to trigger significant intestine well being advantages,” the plaintiffs claimed.
“Accordingly, a shopper would want to drink greater than 4 Poppi sodas in a day to understand any potential well being advantages from its prebiotic fiber,” the lawsuit claimed.
“Nevertheless, even when a shopper had been to do that, Poppi’s excessive sugar content material would offset most, if not all, of those purported intestine well being,” they added.
Cobbs stated that she “moderately relied” on Poppi’s promise of intestine wholesome soda and determined to pay the “substantial value premium.”
“Ms. Cobbs, nevertheless, didn’t obtain the good thing about her bargains as a result of the Merchandise didn’t, in actual fact, include sufficient ‘prebiotics’ to realize any significant ‘intestine well being,’” the lawsuit stated.
The lawsuit additionally cited research that confirmed consuming an excessive amount of agave inulin — the kind of prebiotic present in Poppi — can even have opposed well being results.
“Likewise, Ms. Cobbs was unaware that extreme consumption of the Merchandise may negatively influence her well being,” it added.
The lawsuit “calls for” a trial by jury, claiming that Poppi falsely marketed the well being advantages of their merchandise.
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