Allison Ellsworth didn’t start out aiming to reinvent soda. But out of a home-brewed apple cider vinegar concoction came Poppi, one of the fastest-growing beverage brands in America, with an aesthetic built for TikTok and a health-focused message that you can have big flavor with just five grams of sugar. That plus $500 million in sales last year—the brand’s fourth year in business under the name Poppi—was enough for PepsiCo to swoop in and buy the company in May for nearly $2 billion. We spoke with Ellsworth on a bright summer morning at Poppi’s pink-painted headquarters, in East Austin.TEXAS MONTHLY: Let’s start with your roots. What did your parents do? Allison Ellsworth: My dad was in oil and gas. He was a seismic driller in the…
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