Panera Is Discontinuing Its Controversial Charged Lemonade After Multiple Lawsuits

Panera's Charged Lemonade has been nether occurrence from consumers and regulators aft lawsuits alleged nan highly caffeinated beverage has been nan root of semipermanent wellness problems and moreover death.

Now, nan concatenation has decided to shape retired nan portion arsenic a portion of overarching paper changes.

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"We listened to much than 30,000 guests astir what they wanted from Panera, and are focusing adjacent connected nan wide array of beverages we cognize our guests desire — ranging from exciting, on-trend flavors, to debased sweetener and low-caffeine options," a spokesperson for Panera told CNBC.

According to Bloomberg, Panera will statesman discontinuing nan portion wrong nan adjacent 2 weeks and switch it pinch a "broad array of beverages" featuring a blueberry lavender lemonade, a pomegranate hibiscus tea, a citrus punch, and a tropical greenish smoothie.

The beverage was astatine nan halfway of 3 awesome lawsuits, 2 of which were revenge connected behalf of nan families of 21-year-old Sarah Katz and 46-year-old Dennis Brown. Both died aft allegedly consuming nan Charged Lemonade, citing pre-existing aesculapian conditions.

Another suit revenge successful January claimed that 28-year-old Lauren Skerritt developed semipermanent bosom problems arsenic a consequence of consuming 2 and a half of Panera's Charged Lemoandes.

"You put an innocuous merchandise for illustration lemonade successful an innocuous bakery-cafe for illustration Panera, what reasonable user is going to beryllium reasoning that they're drinking, essentially, 3 Red Bulls?" said Skerrit's lawyer Elizabeth Crawford at the time. "Everything successful her life has been altered because of this situation."

Per Panera's nutrition information, 1 ample 30 oz. serving of nan Charged Lemonade contains 390 mg of caffeine successful summation to guarana extract, a earthy stimulant.

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According to nan FDA, nan maximum magnitude of caffeine that nan mean big tin safely devour per time is 400 mg, though nan mean big consumes astir 135 mg of caffeine daily.

Panera did not instantly respond to Entrepreneur's petition for comment.