Fans defend Panera Bread and say caffeine content was \u201cclearly labelled\u201d after death lawsuit FlikrPanera Bread are facing a lawsuit after the death of 21-year-old Ivy League student. Some fans, however, believe the beverage clearly suggests caffeine content. Sarah Katz, a student at the University of Pennsylvania died after drinking Panera Bread\u2019s Charged Lemonade. The student, who suffered from a heart condition since the age of 5, always made sure to steer clear of energy drinks. However, the Charged Lemonade released by Panera Bread is said to contain more than a can of Monster Energy and Red Bull combined. Shortly after drinking the beverage, Katz went into cardiac arrest. Her family are suing Panera Bread, stating that the beverage was in no way labeled as possessing any caffeine content. The plaintiff argued, \u201cPanera Bread\u2019s \u2018charged lemonade\u2019 is a hidden danger to the public and the Katz family wants to prevent this tragedy from happening to someone else\u201d. What does social media have to say? The majority of TikTok videos and X\/Twitter posts are filled with commenters sending their condolences to the young girl\u2019s family. \u201cThis is so heartbreaking\u201d, one reader says, \u201cSo sad\u2026prayers for the family\u201d, another writes. However, many readers are quick to defend Panera Bread\u2019s Charged Lemonade, alleging that the caffeine content was made clear. Investigative journalist Tommy Liberty writes, \u201cThe drink is clearly labeled with how much caffeine is has\u2014the picture in the article demonstrates that. She willingly paid for said drink of her own free will. Explain to me how this is Panera\u2019s fault? It\u2019s tragic, of course. But it\u2019s not their fault. It was unfortunate and tragic carelessness on her part. That\u2019s just the harsh truth\u201d. It seems that many agree with Liberty, stating in the same post: \u201cMaybe she shouldn\u2019t have been drinking something that is advertised to have a ton of caffeine if she has a heart condition.\u201d Another asks, \u201cWhy would she drink it knowing she had a heart condition, this lawsuit should be tossed out!\u201d. In a recent statement, Panera addresses the controversy by stating: \u201cWe strongly believe in transparency around our ingredients\u2026 We will work quickly to thoroughly investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fans defend Panera Bread and say caffeine content was \u201cclearly labelled\u201d after death lawsuit FlikrPanera Bread are facing a lawsuit after the death of 21-year-old Ivy League student. Some fans, however, believe the beverage clearly suggests caffeine content. Sarah Katz, a student at the University of Pennsylvania died after drinking Panera Bread\u2019s Charged Lemonade. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}