{"id":2076672,"date":"2023-10-23T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivy-league-student-died-hours-after-drinking-panera-breads-charged-lemonade-drink\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:04:23","slug":"ivy-league-student-died-hours-after-drinking-panera-breads-charged-lemonade-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivy-league-student-died-hours-after-drinking-panera-breads-charged-lemonade-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League student dies shortly after consuming Panera Bread&#8217;s lemonade."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fivy-league-student-died-hours-after-drinking-panera-breads-charged-lemonade-drink%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2076672&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s James Meyers<\/h2>\n<p>11:56 \u2064AM \u200c\u2013 Monday, October 23, 2023    <\/p>\n<p>Panera Bread \u2063Faces Lawsuit \u2064Over Deadly &#8220;Charged Lemonade&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A lawsuit has been filed against Panera Bread\u200c after a tragic incident involving a young student with a heart condition who died after consuming the \u2062company&#8217;s \u2062&#8221;charged lemonade.&#8221; The lawsuit claims that \u2062the drink contained more caffeine than\u2063 popular\u200d energy drinks like Red Bull and Monster, and accuses Panera of failing \u200bto \u2064warn consumers about its ingredients.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c lawsuit \u200cwas filed on behalf of Sarah Katz, a 21-year-old Ivy League student\u200b who had\u200c a heart condition \u200ccalled long QT syndrome type 1. According to the\u200d suit, Katz avoided energy drinks based on her \u200cdoctors&#8217; recommendations. On September \u206410th, 2022, she purchased a charged lemonade\u200c from Panera and later went into cardiac arrest,\u2064 resulting in her untimely\u200b death.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe was very, very \u200bvigilant about \u2064what she needed to do to keep herself safe,\u201d said her roommate Victoria Rose \u200dConroy. \u201cI guarantee if Sarah had known how \u200bmuch caffeine\u2063 this was, she \u200dnever would \u200dhave touched it with a 10-foot\u2062 pole.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit reveals that the charged lemonade contained a caffeine content ranging from 260 milligrams to 390 milligrams, surpassing the \u200dcaffeine levels of Red Bull and Monster Energy\u200c Drink combined.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAt 30 fluid ounces, Panera Charged Lemonade exceeds the combined \u2064contents of 12 fluid ounces of\u2064 Red Bull (114 milligrams caffeine) and\u200b 16\u2064 fluid \u2064ounces \u2063of Monster Energy Drink (160 milligrams caffeine).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u200d addition, the lawsuit\u200c alleges that the drink was not advertised as an &#8220;energy drink&#8221; and was offered alongside Panera&#8217;s\u2062 non-caffeinated and less caffeinated beverages. The lawsuit \u2063claims that\u2063 the drink contained not only caffeine \u2063but also the stimulant guarana\u2062 and excessive \u200camounts of sugar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese unregulated beverages contain\u200d no advertisement as\u2062 an \u2018energy\u2019 drink and, instead,\u200b represent them as \u2018clean\u2019 \u2064and akin to Panera Dark\u2063 Roast coffee, when they contain\u200c not only caffeine, but also the stimulant guarana and exorbitant amounts\u200c of sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A \u2063medical examiner&#8217;s report attributed Katz&#8217;s cause of death to cardiac arrhythmia due to long QT syndrome. While the report did\u200b not mention the\u200c beverage as a contributing factor, it confirmed that Katz had \u200dno drugs in her system other than\u200d those \u200badministered by the hospital during resuscitation attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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According to the suit, Katz avoided\u200c energy drinks\u2064 based on\u2064 her doctors&#8217; recommendations. On September 10th, 2022, she purchased \u2063a charged \u200dlemonade from\u200d Panera and later \u200cwent into cardiac \u2062arrest, resulting in\u200b her untimely\u200c death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was very, very vigilant about what she needed to do to keep herself \u200csafe,&#8221; \u200bsaid her roommate\u200d Victoria \u2064Rose Conroy.\u2063 &#8220;I guarantee if Sarah had \u2062known how much caffeine \u2064this was,\u200b she never would \u200bhave touched it with a 10-foot pole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit reveals that the \u200ccharged lemonade contained \u200ca caffeine content ranging from 260\u2062 milligrams to\u200c 390 milligrams, surpassing the caffeine levels of Red Bull and Monster Energy Drink combined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At 30 \u2064fluid\u200d ounces, Panera Charged Lemonade\u2063 exceeds the combined contents of\u2064 12 fluid ounces \u2064of Red Bull (114 milligrams \u2064caffeine) and 16 fluid ounces of\u2063 Monster \u200dEnergy \u200dDrink \u2063(160 milligrams caffeine).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the lawsuit alleges that \u200cthe drink \u200cwas \u200cnot advertised as an &#8220;energy drink&#8221; and\u200b was offered alongside Panera&#8217;s non-caffeinated and\u2063 less caffeinated\u2062 beverages. The lawsuit \u2062claims that\u2063 the \u200cdrink contained not only caffeine but \u200dalso \u2063the stimulant \u2064guarana and\u2062 excessive amounts of sugar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These \u200cunregulated beverages contain no\u200b advertisement \u2064as an &#8216;energy&#8217; drink and,\u2064 instead, represent\u2064 them as &#8216;clean&#8217; and \u2063akin to \u2063Panera Dark Roast coffee, when they contain not \u200bonly caffeine, but also the stimulant guarana \u2063and exorbitant amounts of sugar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A \u200bmedical examiner&#8217;s report\u2064 attributed Katz&#8217;s cause of death to cardiac arrhythmia due to \u2063long QT syndrome.\u2062 While the report did not mention the \u200dbeverage as a contributing factor,\u200b it confirmed that Katz had no drugs in her \u2062system other than those administered\u2062 by the \u2062hospital during \u200cresuscitation attempts.<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident raises concerns about \u2063the lack of regulation and transparency in the labeling of beverages with high\u200d caffeine content. Consumers have the right to \u200dknow what \u200cthey are consuming and any potential risks associated with it. Panera\u200c Bread and other\u2062 companies should\u2062 take responsibility for\u2062 ensuring that their \u200dproducts \u200bare clearly labeled and provide accurate information about their \u200bingredients.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2062 crucial for\u200b regulators to review\u200d the regulations surrounding the labeling and marketing of beverages to\u200b prevent\u200c similar incidents from occurring in the future. Furthermore, individuals with pre-existing medical conditions \u2063should \u2063always consult with their doctors\u200d before consuming any \u200dnew products to ensure their safety.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d the meantime, it is essential for consumers to educate themselves about the contents of\u2063 the beverages they consume and \u2064make informed choices. This tragic \u2064incident serves as a reminder that we must prioritize our health and well-being by being aware \u200dof what \u200cwe put into our bodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panera Bread faces a lawsuit as an Ivy League student&#8217;s death is linked to their &#8220;charged lemonade.&#8221; The lawsuit claims the drink contained a higher caffeine content than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined. 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