Bawi makes sparkling agua fresca — the drink that was always at the gathering, canned, lightly carbonated, and made with a fraction of the sugar of what it's replacing.
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Our manifesto
There was a version of this drink in your family's fridge before it was ever a brand — a pitcher, fresh fruit, the first hot day of the year, a table full of people.
Somewhere along the way, the canned, on-the-go version of that same drink got a lot more sugar than the fridge pitcher ever had. That's not a tradeoff anyone asked for.
Our founder has said it plainly, on his own site:
"As a first-generation Mexican American, these flavors remind me of home and community. With Bawi, I'm celebrating that heritage by creating a sparkling, healthier twist on classic agua fresca — bold, refreshing, and rooted in tradition."
— Victor Guardiola, Founder & CEO, Bawi (drinkbawi.com/pages/about)
Not a wellness soda with no flavor memory. Not the legacy soda with the sugar load nobody talks about. Just the fridge-pitcher drink, canned, sparkling, and made with a fraction of the sugar — El Limón, La Piña, La Maracuyá, La Guayaba.
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El Limón is Water, Organic Cane Sugar, and Lime juice concentrate. [[ full nutrition-facts panel and complete ingredient lists for La Piña, La Maracuyá and La Guayaba — not confirmed this run ]]
See Nutritional FactsOur belief
Let's be honest: a $39.99 case of sparkling agua fresca is not the cheapest thing on the shelf. What it replaces is the sugar — Bawi's El Limón runs about 40 calories, against roughly 160 calories and 40g of sugar in a comparable Coca-Cola.
Every Bawi can is built to taste like the drink you actually grew up on — not a lab-engineered "wellness" flavor with no memory attached to it. Real fruit, real culture, a lot less sugar.
Cracked open, cold, over ice. It tastes like the fridge pitcher — not a flavor you have to learn to like.
It's the can you reach for instead of the one with 40g of sugar. Same flavor memory, less of the crash.
You've tried all four flavors. Someone else in the house has a favorite now too.
Bawi's on the table instead of the usual soda. Nobody has to ask what it is — it already tastes familiar.
Individual experience varies.
El Limón, La Piña, La Maracuyá, or La Guayaba — or start with the variety pack.
No mixing, no prep — sparkling and ready straight from the can.
The drink that was always at the gathering — now it's just canned.
Why every can earns its place
Per can, across the lineup — El Limón runs about 40 (news.utexas.edu).
Lime juice concentrate, passion fruit juice, pineapple juice — not artificial flavoring.
Twelve 12oz cans per case.
Sparkling agua fresca — not a still juice, not a heavy soda carbonation.
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Bawi has raised $6M led by Brand Foundry Ventures, building on a $3.5M seed round — backed by investors including the founders of Siete Foods and Athletic Brewing, plus TikTok president Blake Chandlee.
Founder story
I was born in Mexico — the youngest of three — and my family moved to the States when I was two. Growing up in South Texas, agua fresca was always around: family gatherings, the first hot day of the year, a pitcher in the fridge.
I started Bawi in 2020, selling out of a cooler at the Barton Creek Farmers Market on Fridays. It took until April 2022 to get a canned, shelf-stable version right — and it's been growing since.
"Food and beverage at large is such an incredible vehicle for culture. Bawi is a Trojan horse for people to open a dialogue about Hispanic culture and food."
— Victor Guardiola (Remezcla)
Bawi is now in Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Central Market across 44 states — and we're recruiting real local ambassadors, city by city, to help introduce people to it in person. Every can still traces back to the same idea: the drink that was already in your family's fridge, just with a lot less sugar.
Salud — one Bawi at a time.
The offer
Real pricing, confirmed on drinkbawi.com — El Limón shown below; the same pack structure applies across La Piña, La Maracuyá, La Guayaba and the variety pack. [[ confirm current per-flavor pricing matches before publishing — pulled 2026-09-07 ]]
12-Pack Case
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4-Pack
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Family gatherings. The drink that was always on the table, still is.
Every day. Less sugar than the can it's replacing, same flavor memory.
Hosting. Four flavors, one cooler, nobody has to explain what it is.
A traditional Mexican beverage, usually made fresh with fruit juice — Bawi is a sparkling, lightly-carbonated, lower-sugar, canned version of that same drink.
Bawi was founded in 2020 by Victor Guardiola, a first-generation Mexican immigrant, in Austin, Texas.
40-60 calories, depending on flavor — El Limón runs about 40 calories, versus roughly 160 calories in a comparable Coca-Cola.
El Limón: Water, Organic Cane Sugar, Lime juice concentrate. [[ full ingredient lists and nutrition-facts panels for La Piña, La Maracuyá and La Guayaba — not confirmed this run ]]
Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Central Market, across 44 states — plus Amazon, Instacart, and select Torchy's Tacos locations.
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