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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Dec 7, 2023 16:46:37 GMT -5
This reminds me a lot of the original 4Loko that was linked to several deaths in the late 2000s. The issue isn't so much that the product itself is inherently dangerous, it's that the product is sold in such a manner that it doesn't clearly communicate what constitutes an appropriate serving. Original 4Loko had like 1000 calories in a can and an incredibly dangerous amount of caffeine and malt liquor to be drunk together. But a single can was "4 servings." So, when college kids would inevitably put back 3+ cans at a party, they were consuming 12+ servings and it was stopping peoples' hearts. Same holds true here. One single cup full of "charged lemonade" isn't a big deal, but Panera's whole brand is built on people sitting in there for hours at a time and doing work. So drinking 4 of those is incredibly dangerous. And it's definitely foreseeable that the average customer would drink more than one in a sitting. Normally, I'm skeptical of these kinds of lawsuits, but I think Panera probably has some issues here. i wish people could go back and experience original 4loko but in a safe way because holy f*** that shit was napalm in a can. i remember when it came out and none of us could believe it was even legal Man, I had some rough nights in college with the OG fruit punch 4Loko. |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Dec 7, 2023 18:00:01 GMT -5
i wish people could go back and experience original 4loko but in a safe way because holy f*** that shit was napalm in a can. i remember when it came out and none of us could believe it was even legal Man, I had some rough nights in college with the OG fruit punch 4Loko. same, we'd usually drink a lot of liquor specifically all the time but something about the original 4Loko put you on your ass way quicker and harder than like... actual vodka or whiskey. that shit was insane |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 7, 2023 18:38:11 GMT -5
A Panera product causing one death, let alone two, was definitely not on my 2023 bingo card.
Also holy f***, they didn't get rid of the lemonade after the original incident?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 7, 2023 19:07:57 GMT -5
I was under the impression it had about the same amount of caffeine as coffee does. Do you want everyone to stop selling coffee? They might need better labels, but there’s no need to take them off of the market. I thought it was more, but a 30 oz Charged Lemonade has 390MG of caffeine. That's like 10MG under the suggested daily limit in one drink. If someone had two or three, that's like nearly 1200 MG of caffeine. Just seems like overkill. In addition to better labeling, they should consider changing the sizes they offer. My comment was more being surprised that they didn't pull it as a way of responding to the initial controversy. 2 or 3??? That’s 2.5L of f***ing lemonade. Maybe we should normalize drink sizes being a sane amount. |
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