A young woman with a cardiac ailment who had consumed the “charged lemonade” from Panera Bread tragically her away. The case, filed in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas and reported by NBC News, calls the product a “perilous energy drink” and asserts that Panera failed to give proper warnings about its ingredients.
The parents of Sarah Katz, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student who taught CPR in underprivileged neighborhoods and worked as a research assistant at a children’s hospital, filed the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, Sarah Katz avoided energy drinks out of respect for her cardiac condition, long QT syndrome type 1.
The complaint claims that on September 10, 2022, Katz bought a charged lemonade from a Panera Bread restaurant in Philadelphia. Victoria Rose Conroy, her close friend and roommate, said that a few hours later, she went into cardiac arrest.
Conroy emphasized Katz’s vigilance in safeguarding her health, saying, “She was very, very vigilant about what she needed to do to keep herself safe. I guarantee if Sarah had known how much caffeine this was, she never would have touched it with a 10-foot pole.”
In addition to non-caffeinated and lower-caffeinated drinks, Panera also offered a big charged lemonade that was advertised as “plant-based and clean” and claimed to have as much caffeine as the chain’s dark roast coffee.
While all sizes of Panera’s dark roast coffee have more caffeine than the big charged lemonade (390 milligrams), the complaint states that the large-charged lemonade includes 390 mg.
The usual cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined don’t come close to matching the caffeine concentration of the supercharged lemonade, which also contains guarana extract, another stimulant, and roughly 30 teaspoons of sugar. Sarah Katz, according to the family’s lawyer, bought the extra-large cup, which holds 30 fluid ounces.
Concerned about the drink, Elizabeth Crawford, a partner at the Philadelphia legal firm Kline & Specter, PC, said, “I think everyone thinks lemonade is safe. In fact, lemons haven’t been squeezed into this. It’s a lemon-flavored energy drink. A proper warning is required.”
The complaint claims the lemonade with added sugar and caffeine is “defective in design because it is a dangerous energy drink.” “These unregulated beverages include no warning of any potentially dangerous effects, even the life-threatening effects on blood pressure, heart rate, and/or brain function,” it says.
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