Dennis Brown, 46, drank three of the highly caffeinated beverages before suffering a cardiac arrest in October, according to the suit.

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.

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    42·
    11 months ago

    Break it down on how much caffeine per ounce.

    Because you’re being intentionally dishonest with people acting like the lemonade and a can of coke are the same.

    the 35mg of coke, comes in the 12oz can. The ~390, is from a 30oz drink.

    Of the 3 flavors listed, none of them get to 390mg of caffeine, they all top out at 240 mg. But lets say it’s unlisted now and the regular lemonade was 390 @ 30 oz.

    You get about 100mg of caffeine from an 8oz of coffee.

    Now before someone goes citing some different numbers, all levels of caffeine are subject to change will all sorts of variables, generally it’s going to be lower, not higher.

    So a can of coke is ~3mg of caffeine per ounce. A cup of coffee is 12.5 per ounce. And the lemonade is 13 per ounce @ the reported (but not listed on their website). If we go with the 3 flavors available, we get 8 mg per ounce.

    So it’s more than a coke, but around coffee. People need to stop acting like this is a small drink that is just packed with caffeine. Because the 30oz drink is effectively ~4 cups of coffee.

    Just for kickers. Starbucks (because everyone knows that brand), sells a 30 ounce drink, the cold press, and it’s listed at 360mg. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/2121255/iced/nutrition

    So idk, maybe people could stop being disingenuous.

      • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        Except it is. People are trying to compare a 30oz drink to that if 8 to 12oz drinks. So it’s fair to being it down to a proper compatible value.

        And there a decent amount of signage that the drink has caffeine. There’s certainly no way you’d order online from Panera and not see that it has caffeine. If you were there in person you would have to have completely ignored the sign that’s on the drink itself. And then chugged 30 oz of drink fast enough as to not notice the caffeine.

        I have a fairly high tolerance to caffeine and even I can tell even after a single cup of coffee it’s effects, before I finish the first cup. So if someone has no tolerance for it I would have to assume you’d notice sooner. Well before downing 30oz worth.