NJ family sues after UPenn student died from Panera Bread's 'Charged Lemonade' | NBC New York

[@UhOK327]

Gimme a break. Product was properly labeled.

[@yseson_]

She knew she had health problems, sounds irresponsible

[@Xane_Dragon]

I've never heard of caffeine in lemonade.....wtf. I would sue too

[@GhostGhost-]

@@Xane_Dragon they even put alcohol in lemonade. Crazy I know. Sue them too while you’re at it.

[@Goyokuno]

​@XaneDragon Panera ain't the first ones to put caffeine in lemonade, pre-workout got a ton of it in it and it's labeled "Electrolytes". Go figure 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@wdadwdwdwadw8604]

its lemonade drink since when do we add 400grams of caffeine in it, it should have been labeled as energy drink lemonade so if she died from it its indeed the stores fault. if you buy something in the store and you have a peanut allergy however nowhere in the store does it say what your buying has peanuts or anything to do with peanuts and you die who is at fault?

[@Goyokuno]

@@wdadwdwdwadw8604then you ask an employee? It's not hard to ask.

[@Tiger-From-Clemson]

So, who forced her to drink it?🤔

[@wdadwdwdwadw8604]

if it was sold as a normal drink and not energy they are liable .

[@E_Hammy]

Nobody. If you see a lemonade stand selling drinks and you buy one, you aren't asking the owner how much caffeine is in your lemonade. If they say it's just lemonade and it has a deadly amount of caffeine, how is it her fault??? What's wrong with you?

[@UsernameUsername0000]

Why do people try to be contrarian so hard? Death by lemonade doesn’t sound natural at all. Forced or not, there has to be something wrong with that thing or its misleading presentation to kill two people so far. I don’t even think the Heart Attack Grill is this successful at claiming lives.

[@YangSunWoo]

@@E_Hammy I think the one thing that puts a wrench in that argument is the "charged" part of the "charged lemonade". To me, that was immediately obvious that this was not a normal lemonade, but I'm not sure if there was a label saying caffeine was added.

[@E_Hammy]

@@YangSunWoo yeah, when something is charged, you might expect there to be caffeine in it, but when 1 cup of lemonade has 3 times the reccomended amount you should drink in a day before it becomes unhealthy, then it should not be sold in restaurants.

[@fakebrit]

This is unfortunate BUT anyone that has a certain health condition that requires you NOT to drink caffeine knows better than to consume any caffeine at all. Myself included. So while this is sad … if the drink has any sort of caffeine and she can’t have caffeine but it clearly states it on the display why was she drinking it?

[@davidkrowa4153]

Her condition did not require her to not consume caffeine at all, she could tolerate some small amounts, but that amount in the drink is unreasonably high, and deadly for people like her. She probably saw its a caffeinated beverage, but it didn't cross her mind that a cup of LEMONADE would have more caffeine than 3 CUPS OF ACTUAL COFFEE. They made what is essentially an energy drink and didn't market it as such, that's the issue.

[@jason-s8c]

@@DIRTYdeeds613 450 why?

[@Luke_kd236]

@@davidkrowa4153 thank you for typing what I was going to do but now don’t have to thank you also Rip

[@cyberzenASMR]

@@DIRTYdeeds613Yeah, kids have health conditions because the mother(s) had severe substance abuse, tons of sugars and preservatives throughout the pregnancy. Not the mention all the toxins exposed to a fetus. Then said child eats fake food during development years. These conditions have been medically noted far prior to covid-19. 30% of the male population in millennials have bit the dust regardless of drug use. While babyboomer parents were heavy drinkers, smokers, and pharmaceutical drug abusers. yet, children in these organic hippie towns are not overweight, active, and perfectly fine. You KNOW what the problem is.

[@melodioushaste]

This. One of my friends gets panic attacks when she drinks caffeine. So guess what she avoids? Caffeine and anxiety attacks are no fun, but it's not like they will kill you, so someone with a potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia is incredibly stupid to ingest caffeine. Darwin.

[@JDOGFTW]

Dude I was having palpations on three sips of monster and i don't have a heart condition imagine!

[@dark8ytcryolophos311]

When you get older you will

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

This is so unfortunate. In college we basically lived on coffee during exam periods. The worst that happened was too frequent visits to the bathroom that it actually severely disrupted cramming times.

[@brokenspoke4149]

Leave Panera alone, she did it to herself. Tragic.

She did this to herself….

[@bbnoodlescooze]

The drinks ARE labeled with both caffeine amounts and also sugar/calorie counts. This is a relatively new product from Panera so if she was really worried and conscientious about her health, wouldn't you ask what was in a new product before just consuming it??

[@FAHJA17]

Imagine defending a billion dollar company 🤡

[@cedscorpio5657]

Surely would.. just like muslims examine their food

[@Xane_Dragon]

​@@iandbobert6368 Because most people have never heard of caffeine in lemonade 🙄 I'm glad they sued

[@lemonadelemon1960]

I work for Panera. Those lemonades are advertised as "as about much caffeine as our dark roast coffee" and because of that, I drank it almost everyday for free not knowing I was actually drinking the equivalent as two red bull energy drinks.

[@lemonadelemon1960]

​@@Xane_Dragonit's advertised to have almost the same amount of caffeine as the dark roast. So people think they can just drink it and they would be fine. That's a lie. It actually has as much caffeine as two red bulls.

[@kaylavarela7215]

She essentially wanted a lemonade and didn’t know she was buying an high performance energy drink. She wanted a sweet/sour lemon boost and got two Red Bull servings of caffeine. If it was a heart condition I definitely see why she didn’t make it.

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

The name is CHARGED Lemonade. What the hell else did she think was in it? If caffeine affected her THAT bad she should have asked what was in it when she ordered if it was life and death. If it affected me that bad I would be asking a question about any drink I got but its pretty self explanatory when its called CHARGED lemonade. Jesus

[@OfFiCiAl_CaRgO]

WoW .... really sorry that she passed away BUT ..

[@OmFlorinda]

Really sad. RIP Sarah 😢💞🌹💔

[@JPVY]

If a male had died from this nobody would care but becuase a cute 21 year old girl gets KO'd everone wants to blame big bigness I love this drink and Panera has always been transparent about the caffeine contents

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

I'm sorry but Panera is NOT at fault. What did you think was IN the drink when it has the name CHARGED Lemonade! And if you can't have caffeine maybe ask the worker hey whats in this drink? Is there any caffeine? But the name should tell you CHARGED lemonade that you probably shouldn't have it if you can't have caffeine.

[@vesperrose333]

@@hallmarkaddict8455 they only named and emphasized it being a charged lemonade after the incident before it happened. It was just named as a regular lemonade

[@classicwhitebread]

Such a BS lawsuit.

[@ryanaul]

Seriously. The caffeine content is posted on the label and the term charged always implies energy drink.

[@JgBrzb]

Fr, I guess next time I go they gonna have like straight up caution signs on them sum shit like “warning: may cause serious illness, injury, or even death.”

[@leagueofotters2774]

@everyisnaadisfabricated3784 Says who? It is less than the suggested max daily intake...

[@errorreversed6309]

@leagueofotter2774 The max daily intake is 400mg, what Panera served was 390. Sounds hella lot like a technicality you're hanging on to. Also, the label on the drink isn't particularly big and its not like a lemonade usually has that amount of caffeine in it. Not her fault for thinking a lemonade, a drink that typically doesn't contain caffeine or, at the very least doesn't contain an unhealthy amount of it, would be enough to kill her.

[@elanob4539]

​@@errorreversed6309even though you are right jt is the same amount of caffeine in a coffee... Which is well known to be served in the US in large amounts and many drink over the recommended amount. Plus the recommended amount doesn't mean you go over it and you die it means you shouldn't have that but you can. Similar to sugar, the recommended amount is 25 grams a day but no one follows that, have two slices of cake and that recommended amount is exceeded in half an hour It was honestly plain and simple negligent of her own health and well being to make such a bad decision when her life was on the line

[@jessicamensink2685]

i once saw a girl on tiktok drink 5 of their largest charged lemonades in like 5 hours, idk how she's still kicking around...

[@Goyokuno]

"This drink should be labeled as energy drink" so coffee should be labeled as "energy drink" thats basically what youre telling me. But they dont say that anywhere.

[@classeontop7403]

Basically you're dumb and would probably always be dumb. If you want to prove that you're not dumb then what's the factor of x^2+4x-8=0?

[@TylireousGaming]

Guy, I'll assume you're young and/or unfamiliar with panera bread, and/or didn't google to compare caffine amounts, because the Charged Lemonade was not advertised as an energy drink, nor did they list the caffine amount on the menu like they were legally required to. One cup of coffee, regular coffee brewed at home has approx 80-100 milligrams of caffine. The Charged Lemonade has approx 155-302 milligrams of caffeine (depending on size of drink ordered). As you can read (hopefully) Panera Bread not properly labling this monster of a beverage an "Energy Drink" absolutely 100% ended with the death of an unsuspecting person with a pre-existing heart condition, all because someone couldn't take two seconds to properly label the drink on the menu.

[@elanob4539]

​​@@TylireousGaminggirl you're telling them to look it up and Google when you didn't do that yourself :/ actually the same fluid ounces of coffee was labeled as having about 250mg or more of coffee with the charged lemonade having less caffeine. Look it up it's on their website. Make sure you compare fluid ounces for an accurate ratio

[@moltengoodnessable]

At every Panera i have been to there are signs that say how much caffeine is in the drink.

[@E_Hammy]

But if it is labeled as a normal drink, you wouldn't think much of it, and she wouldn't have drank it if it was labeled as the energy drink that it actually is

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

​@@E_Hammy the name is CHARGED Lemonade. What the hell else did she think was in it? If caffeine affected her THAT bad she should have asked what was in it when she ordered if. If it affected me that bad I would be asking a question about any drink I got but its pretty self explanatory when its called CHARGED lemonade. Jesus

[@E_Hammy]

@@hallmarkaddict8455 this was seven months ago and you're defending a multi-million dollar company that has drinks with already 3 times the daily reccomended amount of caffeine that isn't healthy, which killed a young girl with heart problems, and you're blaming the girl for not asking what was in the drink? What is wrong with you?

[@elanob4539]

​@@E_Hammywhere are you getting this wrong information from? Here are the facts: Charged lemonade: average of 230mg but can be as high as 390mg of caffeine Coffee: 260m of coffee Recommended amount:400mg..... 390 times one isn't over 400 let alone 3*390

[@elanob4539]

​@@E_Hammythey are also talking about due diligence of yourself and your own health. What she did was to put it politely not smart especially with her life on the line. It's like being allergic to peanuts, eating nutty trail mix, not checking if there is peanuts even tho the name is nutty trail mix and dying. You only have one life and you make dumb decisions and take risks?!?!

[@ronberg2024]

No accountability for your own actions? I am a diabetic (type 2) she was told by doctors dont drink alot of caffeine that should have meant drink EVERYTHING EXCEPT caffeine they make other drinks I like Panera they don't force drinks on you she chose it paid for it and unfortunately she paid for it I know I can't drink sugar I know I have to manage what I eat. She knew she had a condition its not Panera fault at all.

[@Luke_kd236]

Bro if you listen to the vid and not just see 20 seconds then you would understand that yes there was a label BUT A SMALL ONE OF THEM IS EQUIVALENT TO MORE THAN ONE MONSTER ENERGY AND A LARGE WOO HOO EQUIVALENT TO 4.5 MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS HUH INSANE but they don’t say that so how was she supposed to know that it was that bad

[@ronberg2024]

@@Luke_kd236 dont need a label all tea has caffeine jus drink decaffeinated tea its less caffeine might have been tolerable or decaf coffee if you ask for something you not gonna inquire you jus gonna drink it you trust everything and everyone like that?? I did watched entire video why do you need to be told not to do something that might kill you dont insult your own intelligence

[@liberpater1342]

Hey McDonalds, give me a hot coffee! (proceeds to spill on lap) Ouch! Cha ching!

[@bonitabonita3431]

& you need to stay out of sugar-laden Panera! I’m just burying my bonus Dad!… diabetic,… as a result from' Agent Orange' . Roundup was sprayed on the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Note, used on lawns & CROPS (conventional foods) research in your county organic farmers & CSA’s = Community Supported Agriculture. Feed your Brain, Not Your Stomach. That bread breaks down to sugar & toxic processed meats are best replaced! You KNOWWWWW that your organs are asking for live enzymes, Polyphenols…vitamins, minerals. EAT TO LIVE ♥️♥️♥️

[@bonitabonita3431]

@@Luke_kd236 CHARGED. She is supposed 2b informed to take it easy for heart’s sake💔🕊️ RIP SARAH🕯️

[@NCPD25]

I feel terrible for the family of this young woman however, with a drink called "CHARGED" Lemonade and her having a life long, chronic cardiac condition, coupled with her clearly knowing the risks of consuming too much caffeine, she clearly isn't "Ivy League" material.....She just wasn't very bright. Sad but true. Then she orders the industrial size, 55 gallon drum of the stuff. She made a clear assumption that it'd be fine for her to drink instead of thinking to herself "Maybe I should skip it, research it and revisit". She knew she was a risk but said, screw it. I've been a Type 1 diabetic for a long time. I know what and what NOT to eat/drink. If I'm uncertain, I don't have it. If I saw an extra large chocolate cake with double chocolate frosting and it says "Made with natural sugar and real cocoa" so, I guess I can eat it? Yeah, what the hell! No, you ass! DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH? OFF LIMITS!!! DO WITHOUT IT! Of course, the parents believe, their "Ivy League" daughter wouldn't do something so absolutely stupid so, it must be Panera's fault... Nope, your daughter was 100% irresponsible. Full stop! Again, my heart goes out to friends and relatives but if I sat down and ate a 5 pound bag of sugar, I wouldn't want anyone to feel bad for me and certainly wouldn't want blame placed on innocent parties. It was my own damn fault.... GEEZ!

[@JgBrzb]

The last time I went to Panera was like 5 or 6 months ago maybe and that was the first time I saw these charged lemonades. I remember very clearly that they were labelled as “390mg of caffeine” I saw that and I was like nah I’m good, so I drank a ginger ale instead. I do feel bad for the family but the drinks did say the caffeine content on them

[@sherylrodgers4817]

Absolutely true!

[@JgBrzb]

Like last year I dont understand why people were freaking about them online, telling everyone not to drink them. Like it clearly says the caffeine content panera wasn’t really hiding anything

[@Xane_Dragon]

​@@JgBrzb She probably missed the fine print. Panera never advertised it as an energy drink and it's absurd putting caffeine in lemonade and especially at that amount. The family had every right to sue and I'm glad they did 👏

[@TheWizardGamez]

@@everyisnaadisfabricated3784tell that to the 5 hour energy crowd

[@E_Hammy]

I was surprised to see this. I watched a video that was made by a channel called 'Food Theory', where they say that this drink is deadly. It was made 10 months ago. I'm sad that no one had ever taken that up as an issue, and Panera should be held liable

[@bradobbink6564]

so they only pay 16 but now they pay in a lawsuit.

[@jason-s8c]

Well no more Panera bread for me

[@ronberg2024]

Thats exactly what everyone will do now. You know you have a condition where you SHOULD NOT BE DRINKING CAFFEINE did you ask is there caffeine in this you have any other drink thats caffeine free. You have doctors, you not a small child someone didn't chose it for you. you were in college you were smart you made a choice that was wrong for you. Enjoy ya bread 🍞

[@Bebe-og3bc]

Not there fault.

[@yseson_]

Its not paneras fault

[@operasinger2126]

Tragic. RIP. I'm healthy and I wouldn't touch that. Drink manufactures need to make clear to consumers of high caffeine.

[@aperson2730]

1:42 Is it just me or does the attorney seem a bit excited when talking about this ?

[@sinbadsilvius5644]

equivalent to a 6pk of soda

[@xevious2501]

Agreed, unfortunate outcome,but as a college student, we are all more than certain she understood the drink obviously ment some form of energy boost, likely high in caffeine and or sugar. and if she was told to stay away from such drinks prior, then it was to her own choice that was indeed unfortunate but NOT the fault of Panera bread. i feel for the family's grief, but what theyre doing is attempting to cash in, on their daughters untimely death.

[@Bobo-uh1bx]

I’ve had it, and noticed it was advertised as having as much caffeine as one of their coffees. However it even affected me. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was an adolescent. Never had jitters from coffee. Researched further. This drink has FAR more caffeine than a cup of coffee. It’s like maybe two or three Red Bulls. I don’t blame her. I’m an adult of sound mind, professional and in great shape. This damn drink is mislabeled.

[@xevious2501]

@@Bobo-uh1bx Indeed it is unfortunate i mean she died, it doesnt get any more unfortunate, And much of the foods we consume is more than just terrible for us, its designed to please us at the cost of our health. Majority of our nations peoples obesity has absolutely nothing to do with such peoples overeating , but rather having to do to the intensive farming practices that has made our foods virtually toxic. Growth hormones, Steroids, enhanced synthetic sugars fructose, antibiotics,high fats, the very things done to make our foods larger fatter and grow several times faster gets directly passed into our bodies when we consume them. throwing our systems out of wack. and why? so that we can end up in hospitals taking 17 medications and more which they themselves bring even more problems.

[@Bebe-og3bc]

She had to have known . Thats why she ordered it , They all were drinking it.

[@stacyrich113]

I would never think that restaurants would put caffeine in lemonade? What’s the point? It would be so easy to miss.

[@wdadwdwdwadw8604]

some is fine but 400grams is near 3x more than actual energy drinks

[@kevinduong3961]

“Behind the counter charge lemonade” ads on youtube suggest it going to be behind the counter!!!!

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip Sarah Katz, you will be missed

[@sherylrodgers4817]

Im sorry but what do you think the name means..."Charged Lemonade"...HELLO???

[@user-ux8hg8bk3e]

Unfortunately, this lawsuit has no merit because she knew the situation and she was irresponsible. The family is money hustling.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Not really. The product was improperly labeled.

[@user-ux8hg8bk3e]

@@cynthiagonzalez658 How so?

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

@@user-ux8hg8bk3e Did you watch the video?

[@user-ux8hg8bk3e]

@everyisnaadisfabricated3784 These companies sell unhealthy junk foods that look healthy but contain excessive amounts of carbs, calories, and sugars all the time.

[@bradlewis6514]

Yeah and now the parents are really laying it on thick, stating with their attorney that Panera didn't do "enough" labeling in regards to caffeine amounts! Are they that blind or ignorant because each kind of caffeinated lemonade lists the specific amount of caffeine under it for each size (small and large)! U can clearly read it when going for your drink! Unless your blind and need it read to you, it's clearly visible

[@peacelover8245]

😢 RIP

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Lets s÷ her young adukt at college, decided on her own, chose on her own abd parents suing .. A college student who can ask questions but she chose not to. If she was diligent ...... Yes we wouidnt want people to take responsibility

[@Luke_kd236]

We need Panera bread to take this drink down

[@classeontop7403]

RIP

[@ManChan-w5p]

Gotta be a damn yiddish yankee.

[@CinqueMalcolm]

"Katz"....yep, checks out.

[@bonitabonita3431]

The product is called CHARGED. 🪫🔋Diligence means reading the Ingredients List!

[@JDOGFTW]

I can't even drink a monster without having palptations.

[@davidkrowa4153]

You are misunderstanding the situation, the issue isn't that it contained caffeine and she couldn't have caffeine, its that its contains an unreasonable amount, and didn't disclose it, small amounts of caffeine are OK, she wasn't having coffee when she knows she cant take that much, she was having a LEMONADE in which they decided to put nearly 4 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE AS REGULAR COFFEE. They essentially made a super strong energy drink and didn't market it as such, that's the problem. She probably knew it was caffeinated but assumed its a tolerable amount because its not normal for non coffee to have more caffeine than 3 cups of coffee WTF.

[@FultonRecovery]

@@davidkrowa4153spot on🎯 that’s an inordinate amount of caffeine

[@bonitabonita3431]

@@davidkrowa4153 "charged" tho

[@bonitabonita3431]

@@davidkrowa4153 &&& I am DEEPLY SADDENED & traumatized,(- I cannot begin to imagine & as I’m currently mourning an 80yo Bonus dads death) that this happened to Sarah 💔💔💔💔 one of my 1st semester’s daughter roommate is a Sarah (Sarah, who has an inspiring biblical story & a past favorite Aunt’s name.🙏🙏🙏 Be Blessed

[@joesir2028]

🙄 🤨 😑

[@evangelacopeland9458]

She didn't tell them that

[@noelwilliams2165]

Panera’s not responsible for her death you have something called Google where u can see what ingredients the drinks have, I had high blood pressure when I got on a diet 6 months ago checked all my foods which had a lot of sodium and what did not you can all was double check on google and just because something not soda don’t always think it’s not going to have caffeine in it.

[@classeontop7403]

Do you open google every time you're on a restaurant or a fast food to check the ingredients of something? I doubt it.

[@noelwilliams2165]

@@classeontop7403 actually now I do always check what has to much sodium in my food you can’t just drink whatever and not know what u are putting in your body.

[@classeontop7403]

@@noelwilliams2165 I mean If I saw a lemonade from a big corporation I wouldn't think that it has caffeine cause normal lemonade drinks does not. I wouldn't trust some random stranger selling one but I would trust a big company.

[@noelwilliams2165]

@@classeontop7403 sometimes u can’t trust big companies look at subway selling fake tuna

[@amandad6104]

Oh snap

[@melodioushaste]

I guess she should have taken her heart condition more seriously. Darwin.

[@classeontop7403]

You do know that it is not known to everyone that Panera has that much caffeine right? Why are you saying Darwin like she died because of her stupidity?

[@djgreenhornet2892]

🥤

[@ray24051]

They should not be selling these high caffeinated drinks like this. If you are selling any kind of food or drink that can possibly kill someone yeah maybe it's not a good idea to sell it.

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

Uh so because other people can't be responsible about their own health others should not be able to buy it? Yeah no!! Your comment is SO ridiculous! the name is CHARGED Lemonade. What the hell else did she think was in it? If caffeine affected her THAT bad she should have asked what was in it when she ordered it. If it affected me that bad I would be asking a question about any drink I got but its pretty self explanatory when its called CHARGED lemonade. Jesus

[@elanob4539]

"peanuts can kill ppl with health conditions like a peanut allergy, better not sell it lest someone not read the label correctly and die" ._. -_- ._.

[@MultiSneakerLover]

Natural selection