Panera Bread’s highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade is now blamed for a second death, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Dennis Brown, of Fleming Island, Florida, drank three Charged Lemonades from a local Panera on Oct. 9 and then suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on his way home, the suit says.
Brown, 46, had an unspecified chromosomal deficiency disorder, a developmental delay and a mild intellectual disability. He lived independently, frequently stopping at Panera after his shifts at a supermarket, the legal complaint says. Because he had high blood pressure, he did not consume energy drinks, it adds.
It explains it right there. He drank them without realizing what he was consuming because apparently it isn’t obvious that it’s an energy drink.
It’s an energy drink the same way a cup of coffee is an energy drink. It’s being called that by the plaintiffs because of the negative connotation “energy drink” has - zero other reason. And it’s not like Panera hid the fact that it had caffeine…
What negative connotation? Energy drinks are incredibly popular and this stuff contains more caffeine than coffee. Also coffee is pretty unmistakable for what it is, while lemonade loaded with caffeine is not.
I would say it’s like 1000x closer to energy drinks than coffee, are you kidding? Monster even makes Lemonade flavors of energy drink. It’s the same thing. People aren’t drinking 30oz of coffee, then getting a free refill or two.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/nutrition/energy.htm
The drink in question had no additives other than caffeine…. Sounds like more like coffee or a frappe to me.
It has guarana in it
Do you walk up to the self serve espresso machine at Starbucks and pour yourself another latte?
I hate Starbucks and Panera, and would never go into one if I had the choiceMy mistake, I see what you mean now. I don’t think that matters whether you can pour yourself more or not? It’s not like you can pour yourself more Monster drinks
It has more caffeine than a Monster Energy Drink and a Red Bull combined.