ARA Healthier Beverages / Q3 2026 / Full Shelf Diagnostic
Spindrift and Olipop hold the front of the shelf, and ten audited brands never reach it.
Why these three lead the shelf
1. Spindriftchosen 27× / 8.7% / 4/4 models
All four models name Spindrift, and it appears in 11 of the 15 buyer questions, the widest spread on the shelf. Its best rank is the first named place, so the brand holds breadth and position together here.
2. Olipopchosen 23× / 7.4% / 4/4 models
Olipop appears in 11 of the 15 buyer questions and all four models name it, the same spread as Spindrift. It takes 23 places against Spindrift's 27, so it holds the same ground with fewer repeat mentions.
3. Poppichosen 16× / 5.1% / 4/4 models
All four models name Poppi, and it reaches the first named place at its best rank. It appears in 9 of the 15 buyer questions, a narrower spread than Spindrift or Olipop, so its strength sits in fewer answers.
About the AI Shelf
The AI Shelf is the short list of names an AI assistant gives when someone asks what to buy. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity answer the questions a real buyer asks, and every brand they name lands on the shelf. Your customer sees it before they see yours, and nobody can pay for position on it.
Each time a model chooses a brand over every other brand it could have named, that counts once. 312 choices were made here. Slice size is share of all of them.
28.8%held by the 20 audited brands
153brands chosen in total
8.7%largest holding / Spindrift
The takeaway
Answers spread across 153 brands, and the 20 audited brands take 28.8% of the 312 named places. Ten audited brands take no place, and unaudited names like Bubly, Waterloo and Zevia take more places than most audited brands. A brand must win share from unaudited competitors, not only from the tracked set.
In the current ARA IndexNot currently in the ARA Index — shaded by rank, darkest = chosen least often
All 153 chosen — the annotated ranking
#
Name
Chosen
Share
Models
Best
Δ
1
Spindrift
27
8.7%
4/4
#1
—
2
Olipop
23
7.4%
4/4
#1
—
3
Poppi
16
5.1%
4/4
#1
—
4
LaCroix
11
3.5%
4/4
#1
—
5
Bubly
10
3.2%
4/4
#2
—
6
Waterloo
9
2.9%
3/4
#2
—
7
Zevia
8
2.6%
2/4
#1
—
8
Liquid Death
6
1.9%
4/4
#1
—
9
Vita Coco
6
1.9%
3/4
#1
—
10
Aura Bora
5
1.6%
3/4
#3
—
11
Culture Pop
5
1.6%
2/4
#2
—
12
Harmless Harvest
5
1.6%
2/4
#1
—
13
Health-Ade
5
1.6%
3/4
#2
—
14
Polar
5
1.6%
2/4
#3
—
15
Sound
5
1.6%
1/4
#4
—
16
GT's
4
1.3%
2/4
#4
—
17
LMNT
4
1.3%
4/4
#4
—
18
Ghia
3
1.0%
2/4
#3
—
19
GT's Living Foods
3
1.0%
3/4
#1
—
20
Hint Water
3
1.0%
2/4
#1
—
21
Honest Kids
3
1.0%
3/4
#1
—
22
Liquid I.V.
3
1.0%
2/4
#5
—
23
Nuun
3
1.0%
3/4
#5
—
24
Recess
3
1.0%
2/4
#4
—
25
Suja
3
1.0%
3/4
#3
—
26
Bloom Pop
2
0.6%
1/4
#3
—
27
Clean Cause
2
0.6%
1/4
#2
—
28
Guayaki Yerba Mate
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
29
Hint Kids
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
30
Horlicks
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
31
Ito En
2
0.6%
1/4
#6
—
32
Just Ice Tea
2
0.6%
2/4
#2
—
33
MALK Organics
2
0.6%
1/4
#2
—
34
Nixie
2
0.6%
1/4
#2
—
35
Pure Leaf
2
0.6%
1/4
#5
—
36
San Pellegrino
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
37
Simply
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
38
Suja Juice
2
0.6%
2/4
#1
—
39
Topo Chico
2
0.6%
2/4
#3
—
40
Traditional Medicinals
2
0.6%
1/4
#3
—
41
Uncle Matt's
2
0.6%
2/4
#3
—
42
AHA
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
43
Ambronite
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
44
Athletic Brewing
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
45
Blue Monkey
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
46
Blue Sky
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
47
Brew Dr.
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
48
Carnation Breakfast Essentials
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
49
Celsius
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
50
Cheribundi
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
51
Clevr Blends
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
52
Core Power
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
53
Cowbell
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
54
Cure Hydration
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
55
Cure Kids Electrolyte Mix
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
56
Daily Harvest
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
57
Dash
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
58
DASH
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
59
Drink Mood
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
60
Earth Energy
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
61
Elmhurst 1925
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
62
Equinox
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
63
Evian
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
64
Fairlife
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
65
Fairlife Core Power
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
66
Fiji
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
67
Garden of Life
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
68
GoodOnya
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
69
GoodPop
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
70
GT's Kombucha
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
71
GT's Synergy
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
72
GT's Synergy Kombucha
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
73
Guayakí Yerba Mate
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
74
Hello Honey Iced Tea
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
75
Hint
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
76
Hint Kids Water
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
77
Honest Tea
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
78
Hop Wtr
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
79
Huel
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
80
Jabin Beverage Company
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
81
Juice Bowl
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
82
Juicy Juice
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
83
Keurig Dr Pepper
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
84
Kin Euphorics
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
85
La Croix
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
86
Lifeway
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
87
Lifeway Kefir
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
88
LivReal
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
89
Martinelli's
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
90
Mighties
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
91
Milo
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
92
Minna
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
93
Mott's
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
94
Natalie's
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
95
Niagara Bottling
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
96
Numi Organic Tea
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
97
Numi Tea
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
98
Oatly
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
99
Odwalla
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
100
Once Upon a Coconut
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
101
Orgain
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
102
PLEZi
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
103
Poland Spring
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
104
Pomona Organic Juices
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
105
Pop & Bottle
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
106
Premier Protein
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
107
PROX
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
108
Pukka
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
109
R.W. Knudsen Family
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
110
REBBL
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
111
Reed's
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
112
Remedy Drinks
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
113
Rethink Kids Water
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
114
Rishi
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
115
Ritual Zero Proof
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
116
Ruby
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
117
Santa Cruz Organic
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
118
So Delicious Dairy Free
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
119
Sovány
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
120
Soylent
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
121
Suja Kids
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
122
Suja Organic
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
123
Tasty Orchard
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
124
Tazo
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
125
Three Trees
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
126
Tractor Beverage Company
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
127
Tropicana
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
128
Two Good Smoothies
1
0.3%
1/4
#7
—
129
V-8
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
130
V8
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
131
Vahdam
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
132
Vahdam Indian Tea
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
133
Vinut
1
0.3%
1/4
#2
—
134
Vita Coco Kids
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
135
Vittel
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
136
Voss
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
137
Waterboy
1
0.3%
1/4
#6
—
138
Welch's
1
0.3%
1/4
#1
—
139
Wild Wonder
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
140
Yogi
1
0.3%
1/4
#4
—
141
Zevia Energy
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
142
Zevia Kidz
1
0.3%
1/4
#3
—
143
Zico
1
0.3%
1/4
#5
—
144
Florida's Natural
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
145
Gold Peak
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
146
Good & Gather
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
147
Great Value
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
148
Kroger
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
149
Milo's
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
150
Minute Maid
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
151
Naked
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
152
Simple Truth
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
153
SunnyD
0
0.0%
0/4
—
—
ARA / ALGORITHM READINESS ANALYSIS / ARACO.AI — 4 models x 15 buyer questions, top 7 answers per cell. MEASURING AI TRUST IN BRANDS. Naming variants merged before counting: none. Query counts for merged brands are upper bounds.