Panera Bread Drink Kills 21-Year-Old; More Fast-Food Drinks End in Tragedy 

Actually people keep joking about it being as bad as nicotine where I'm at.

It’s the cane sugar it’s real it’s laced!

@@akitkat-1225 It may not cause cancer, but it does cause anxiety, long term sleep issues as well as other neurological issues that people just ignore. And withdrawal from caffeine is a real thing, just wish people knew about how it works before making themselves dependant on it to function.

It wouldn't be such an issue if people weren't being run ragged by inhumane working conditions & pressure to perform at school, in sports, etc. If we're honest, that's the cause of a lot of our out-of-control addiction problem in America. *Workaholism* is our primary addiction. 😞

I'm very addicted to caffeine.

That was your angels looking out for you.

Everything happens for a reason

Wooow. That's freaging crazy !! Jesus def had his eyes and His Angels on duty for you that day Hun, ❤️ and everyday really ! But that day especially for you to acknowledge His goodness!

ps she had heart problems so no caffeine

That’s awesome. May God Jesus bless you. Jesus loves and like you. You are worth a lot.

You know that’s a meme and hotly debated subject, right? The mcdonalds ice cream machines.

At the A&W, We always cleaned the ice cream machine nightly, after closing

Omg ty for saying this cuz not many ppl know they r getting cleaned and thought they where getting gross and breaking down from it

I don't have much trust in the workers today to do a proper cleaning of the machine. Scary to think what is growing in there.

@@Ida-AdrianaYou know memes and debate usually have an origin, right? 🤦🏽‍♀️ Y’all are really BRAIN D3@D on these social media apps, WOW! 🤯 I feel like I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM IT JUST FROM READING ALL OF THE IGNORANCE I SEE! YIKES.. 😭🤦🏽‍♀️

Exactly! Unfortunately these places don't write these types of information on the menu in store so it's always worth investigating and researching online before consuming something that could be really bad for your own body.

​@fushisaruhiko yeah this is common knowledge

its just common sense

... if you have a strict dietary restrictions you'd think you would idk make your own stuff

duuhhhhh, you don't realize it but you trust strangers WAY too much.

I mean it’s easy to make one at home like just ice cream milk and flavor

After working at mcd, i learned that most of the workers dont know how to clean the machine properly. Is honestly gross and sad. If the manager isnt on top of it then the machine might not get cleaned properly for days. The mcafe machine are even worse though. Its a problem so much that some of the machines have roaches in them!

Same here!!!!

​@@kayd9405yes, you are right, luckily, in Portugal, the Mcdonald's managers where I worked at, take the proper cleaning very rigorous. At least the ice cream machine is always ready to serve.

Most cases of listeria actually come from produce

She actually passed away on mine🥺I turned 20.

i would celebrate my birthday

Y let other ppls problem affect urself

My dad died on my bday. I found him dead in his house. Then the next year my mom and sister died on my dad’s bday. Now I feel bad celebrating any of their bdays

@@oof7711Cause that’s called trauma and that was her best friend. That would absolutely shatter normal people, not everyone is heartless and doesn’t care about people.

and it’s even more sad that she tried her best to avoid high caffeine drinks.. 😢

I tried these years ago and there were labels with the caffeine amounts and warnings not to drink more than like one a day or something. Unless I’m hallucinating it but I’d literally only drink half of a small and I’d be ZOOTED lol

@@starryskies3169The caffeine content and warning has always been on the charged lemonades at my local Panera Bread as well. I used to get them often but I always added water because they’re too sweet.

@@starryskies3169there were always labels, the problem is people don’t stop to read labels anymore

My local location has always had it labeled on the container itself. People don't look.

@@elizabethmikulski8086 awesome! So I’m not insane! Lol I always thought the charged lemonades were genius

So use your eyes 🤦🏽‍♀️

Well, people might be able to read, but you need to do more than that to actually know what those amounts of grams mean and whether they are dangerous or not. We are not calculators, and I would not know by heart, how many grams are normal.

@@phoenix72999 That is true, there's definitely responsibility on both sides to be educational, but I personally think way more responsibility falls on the consumer. It's our job to read labels and know what the labels mean and what is normal, and it's the company's job to provide the labels in the first place. Labels were provided here, but consumers did not pay proper attention to them. With anything there is a limit. The limit is not always expressed in every label, but there is always a limit. It's our job to know that limit.

@@desadia I think that it is still a bit shady to market something that can literally become dangerous this easily. But I get both sides. If it is our responsibility, I still don't think it is a very cool move. Is there nothing else you can make money with other than leading random young people to overdose on caffeine? But yeah, I also see your point. I just find it a bit unnecessary and shady.

@@phoenix72999 Yeah it def was shady nonetheless, I have no idea why they thought that was a good/safe idea

They say “contains caffeine” but doesn’t put in how much is in it.

@@JackieOwl94this isn't true. the caffeine amounts are listed directly under the flavor name on the signs.

@@JackieOwl94 At 2:24 look at the dispenser. It CLEARLY says how much caffeine is in each serving.

@@shadowman6982 i found out about their free drinks online and would only order online when i would get one. i never would’ve saw that sign. im also sensitive to caffeine but it never made me feel sick or tremble like red bulls do, which is weird bc it has way more caffine. it can definitely go unnoticed so easily. they shouldn’t serve that drink.

@@shadowman6982 i just went to try to order again, and while they're still giving out still free unlimited refills of deadly caffeinated lemonades, they do show they mg of caffeine in bold letters now

Yes. It actually is the reason.

Yeah because they have to take it apart to wash it. Now go and Google bacteria in ice machines 😂

Ikr? I thought for most people they generally glance over important info like that when trying new things. Clearly not i guess

because its a lemonade, no one ever thinks that a lemonade drink has such a huge amount of caffeine in it, i wouldnt think a lemonade has an extremely high amount of caffeine like this@@dynogamergurl

Yeah that’s what I don’t get, how can you not check. I feel bad but especially the girl that was extremely caffeine sensitive, it’s something called charged… Caffeine really doesn’t effect me, if anything it makes me pass out and even I looked the first time I tried one of these a year or more ago. was before any of this and they basically didn’t really say caffeinated anywhere but were marketing it as an “energizing” juice drink, even that I was like “why is there guarana or something” and I looked it up and realized they were pretty highly caffeinated for juice. They’re called “charged” lemonades and I guess maybe you could argue they’re charged with other flavors, but that seems pretty obvious to me there’s something in it

​@@laurenc4138Yes! And the caffeine content was right there on the machine! You'd think a person would notice that if they were extra vigilant about consuming caffeine

Well, 21 years old is hardly an adult ...

Then you've definitely have never had any of Starbucks refreshers with lemonade.

that's on you then

See, I POTS where my heart rate can go above 175ppm just because I stand up too quickly. I always go for the lemonade at establishments because they're usually the only option without caffeine, but nope, nothing is safe anymore for people with caffeine sensitivity. I'm very grateful that I think Panera is overrated and never went there, probably saved my life.

@abigailpena5950 thing Is if you know you have that condition and you don't check what's in your food and drink that's on you.

@@abigailpena5950signs have always been there listing what’s in it, ppl need to read and take accountability for looking into what they put in their bodies, it’s not Paneras fault.

But ran to TikTok about symptoms 😒

when you’re in the moment you just think about getting the food you don’t think about all the possibilities that can outcome you consuming it it’s not that difficult to understand

@@imwastingmytimeonthis677 I have celiac disease I read labels on everything. It's not that hard.

​@@imwastingmytimeonthis677exactly

These drinks were all served at restaurants. What nutrition labels?

I loved machine cleaning days when I worked in food. The juice and soda machines were my favorite but that was just due to the mechanics of it. Made me feel like I'm smarter than I am taking it apart and putting it back together. Ice cream machine was always horrible unless I planned on it so I would wear old clothes and bring a change with me for after the cleaning. Then I'd go ham on that bad boy.

@@izzyha6173 Yes, wiping and scrubbing the parts is strangely enjoyable, but tearing the machines apart is not fun lol. Especially since sometimes the pieces love to get stuck in the machine. One time, one of the parts in the ice cream tube part of the machine was so stuck, not even the power of me plus two other employees, plus my dad tugging on it all at the same time with all of our weight could not get it out. So, it’s nice when the machine pieces decide to cooperate XD

This is Exactly what came to my mind. I wonder how much alcohol she drank at that restaurant.

they really took the fun out of those cans

didnt know four loko had that much caffeine, its weird since i can get tachycardia with coffee, and i somehow didnt contract it when i drank a whole can of it.

@@kiwi-vn2yy yeah they took it off the market for a while it was giving people heart problems.

Everyone knows you shouldn't mix alcohol and caffeine. Whether you do or not is on you, nobody else.

It's the same with the loaded teas! Soooo much caffeine!

Has caffeine, and had 19 shots of espresso worth of caffeine, are two different things.

its in a giant fkn cup mate! what size is a cup of coffee of a preworkout drink? Not the size of a giant fkn cup thats for sure! *facepalm*

@@candydandy2694 Did they give a partial declaration of the caffeine content? I havnt seen this video in over a week, but Im pretty sure when they said it contained 390mg caffeine, they were talking about the entire " giant fkn cup."...... I really dont understand the purpose of your response.

@@candydandy2694 As for the coffee and pre-workout, I was referring to the recommended serving size/dose.

It is written in legible print right under the name. The info. Was there from the very beginning. People just need to open their eyes and read what is in front of their face. Literally! Plus, it even showed you the sign at the end of this video. @@jessiejamesferruolo

exactly... it has always been labeled with the caffeine in it. and 400mg/day is considered safe for the average adult. it's up to the consumer to determine how much they consume, especially if they know they have sensitivities to caffeine

Reading comprehension is at an all time low.

​@bobbyray7558 stop saying that bs

Exactly. 👍

People nowadays are just looking for a way to cause a situation because they dont have actual problems

I mean it depends. Because if they don’t say how much caffeine is in there, they could still get sued. It’s not enough to say a drink contains caffeine, they have to disclose the exact amount of caffeine in there. The fact you have to go on an app to see, isn’t good. It should be displayed on the menu especially if it’s a considerable amount.

I agree this woman knew she had a health condition. She was an adult and chose to order and drink this. This is why people act the way they do these days. They don't have any consequences and want everyone else held accountable for their actions. This is like those people who vape then cry after getting bubble lung. It's called a charged lemonade for a reason.

It says the exact amount on the dispenser. You don't have to check the app to see it@@OnlyLilynn44

The signs were there. This is just fearmongering, and rarely happens.

You're just spreading bs like everyone else, what fun and games are you talking about

They know the risks but carried on and said some one else is responsible. These are the kind of people to put a loaded gun to their head and blame some one else when it goes wrong. FFS ppl stop hurting your selves and blaming others.

*Charged* one might say... 🤣

You mean thanks to themselves not paying attention to detail! It is printed big enough to be easily read right under the name! People are responsible for their own health choices. People just don’t take responsibility for themselves and think “ oh it will never happen to me” type thing until it does.

Omg nice TV girl pfp

Is this in auburn ,wa?

no tacoma@@mishmazy

ty@@bellAa_akaPlusheen

I just looked that up and wow yikes. listeria in THE WHOLE MILKSHAKE MACHINES???

i had a ex bf who’s mother was on lithium for several years and just one day outta the blue she couldn’t walk, talk, nothing. she was admitted to the hospital and they tested her blood finding that she had extreme levels of lithium toxicity/poisoning that had built up over time. it was nuts and scary, she literally didn’t even know who she was or anything going on for a long time after that.

That's great and all but Sarah Katz passed away in 2022. All signs point to Panera not labeling the caffeine content at that time. Panera should still be held liable.

should not sell a product that can make your heart explode at any moment even if label ....

@@funnygaming2672 the 30oz has less than 400mg of caffeine, the amount considered fine for most healthy adults to have daily

IKR?? Like don’t blame panera for not reading the label smh, it’s the customers choice to drink it or not

@@sarahs3305 incorrect, it's always been labeled since they came out

Cough *vaccine * cough

The amount of caffeine has always been listed right on the sign hanging on the drinks. They were also never giving the drinks away for free. They have a sip club where you pay a monthly fee and can get unlimited drinks.

@@Basket_Knot ohhh ok! Guess I misunderstood some things in the video

Nothing is free except our will and souls. So be careful and be free. I am so so sorry to hear about this tragic loss of a young beautiful woman. R.I.P. and fly high my soul friend. My condolences to her family and friends. May your hearts start to heal and I hope Panera gets canned for this!

It's pure evil that they knowingly kept selling the drink with the same amount of cafeine instead of simply lowering the dose of cafeind so it can't be deadly anymore.

You can get ice cream from anywhere. Cold stones, carvel, baskin robbins

Extra protein

🤮

Just think that you're sparing more momma cows and baby cows being immediately thrown to become veal by eating less ice cream

This^ especially if you have sheet condition or are on meds. Plus the name “charged” clearly indicates it has a stimulant of some sort in it. Marketing generally tells us naming conventions like charged or energized in food means it has either ginseng or caffeine or something in it. and those can be dangerous to mix with some meds

400mg is equal to like 3-4 red bulls. in a single drink that’s ridiculous.

Right like anything is bad in excess don't drink 30 oz of anything

​@@danielleburke87one of the persons who died drinking panera charged lemonade is a mentally challenged man. He stopped by panera every day after work for a drink not knowing it's bad for him.

Whatever people say it is still true that panera marketed it weird. Humans are human they make mistake, sometimes forget things.

exactly, I don't drink caffeinated drinks very often because of my heart disease, i'm not tryna end up like my grandma.

agreed!

Exactly

Listen, stop trying to generalize everything like everyone else those two people didn't know okay? Stop acting like you're the problem

Yep, exactly!!

skill issue

That's why one should exercise responsibility over their own health. Good on you for knowing what your risks are.

@@lacommentaire141 umm, no. That’s not what the girl in the video said. They were mislabeled.

then read the label!

skill issue

​@@redvelvetisbetter.1377For fck sake, you shouldn't have to read the label before consuming a drink from a place like Panerai Bread! I mean, are you really thinking about anything you're saying? Give me a break!

@@dragonsky799 So you're telling me you walk around just consuming whatever is laid out Infront of you without reading what it is first? They could be serving you maggots on a plate and you wouldn't care as long as it looked like the menu.

just imagine the lives that food theory saved

honestly

However, people should be aware of what they’re drinking. I have issues with caffeine snd sugar so I know what to avoid.

@sodorflubbs5000 Yeah but the fact that they put that sign after she died is just awful. Like i get it but still.

😮e😮The

​@@Smijntjefvrdo you really need a sign to tell you this drink that's called CHARGED UP has caffeine?? ... You're the reason we have the " not food " warnings on cleaning products huh? 😂😂

Not just caffeine, an abnormally HIGH amount like 4Loco was. The government stepped in in that case. They can do it here too.

@@mariewatson4272 I agree. I said it because of the lady that is sensitive to caffeine. Why get anywhere near that? Celsius and similar energy drinks have 200 mg per can, I’m sure there are people downing those like water also.

@@mariewatson4272ok yeah but people need to read labels I mean even before she died it still said it contained caffeine

I had no idea charged meant highly caffeinated

@@nightlock7702 but it definitely means caffeinated if it’s in its name if you can’t handle caffeine stay away from it…

Those were my exact thoughts when I heard the first person died. My immediate reaction to hearing the first death was “Did the girl not read the caffeine amount? It’s right in front of her.”

When the label is in teeny print, and right next to non-caffeinated options, its easy to miss. Sometimes you don't realize just how much 390mg is if you aren't drinking energy drinks with every meal (and this is coming from someone with a caffeine addiction)

@@carriioneater I'd argue that the label really isn't that small. Smaller than the logo of the drink of course but it's not like it's a fine print or anything. Besides I still feel for the most part that the victims should be held accountable (absolutely not the recent man, but the young woman from last year. Don't BLAME them but just take it into account)

Yes! hear hear!

When the label is in small print, and right next to non-caffeinated options, its easy to miss. Sometimes you don't realize just how much 390mg is if you aren't drinking energy drinks with every meal (and this is coming from someone with a caffeine addiction)

​@@carriioneaterexcuses. If you have a health condition take personal responsibility. The world isn't here to baby you.

@@izzyha6173 Exactly.

@@carriioneater Deflect at all costs!

as a barista you should now that the drinks you make have the same amount of caffeine per ml as one of these.

@@candydandy2694know*

like?? I have a feeling if she looked into more, her death would have been prevented 100%

OR panera can clearly label it?

It's CLEARLY written on the dispenser? @@kayd9405

@@kayd9405 they literally do right where you get the drink

@@UndeadPigeon​​⁠if they did that there wouldn’t be a lot of people making videos about the lemonades and have a lot or commenters have the same experience, they update warning after the incident, and they were also have misleading advertising.

customers definitely have a responsibility to themselves to check what they are putting into their body, but (and this is information i got from a food theory on this a couple of months back) the charged lemonades are (or at least were) placed right next to the normal lemonades with very very tiny small warnings of caffeine being in it. customers need to be responsible for themselves and their health but i think panera shouldve been wayyyy more transparent about this i'd watch the food theory video on this, it came before the death of the woman and he speculates that this could very well happen

People are too busy running on that hedonic treadmill to be bothered to look into anything.

All they need to do is just be careful of what they put but they always fail to realize it

@@derrickjuinor Thats true

​@bloopieloopie stop saying that

In Australia there is no rule about the amount of caffeine per se. But we don't sell caffeinated drinks in buckets either.

Same here!

That’s scary. I’m glad you’re ok ❤

Its a "cleaner" caffeine than coffee

Was that warning there before the incident or after? Because this happened last year in September.

@@emiss65 I’m not saying the warning, I’m saying under the flavor there was always the labeling since the beginning telling guests that the 20oz has 260mg of caffeine and the 30oz has 389mg. The warning they added separately at the bottom (gray sign) they added after the death :(

@@CakeNCoke4ever Oh okay, sorry I was a little confused. I never had the drinks myself since I'm allergic to any amount of caffeine, no matter how small, and I knew the drinks contained caffeine, just not how much. But it certainly seems strange that people didn't read the label when it was right in front of them.

@@emiss65exactly that’s what I was saying

@@emiss65 the label for caffeine content has always been there since they came out

bit over dramatic

you surely would have known they had caffeine in them if you had've been standing right in front of the machine with the giant label saying so, right?

exactly! that would equal about, what, 30 oz of liquid right? How many ozs in one of these lemonades... oh yeh ... BuT CoZ iTS in OnE CUp Itz OnlY OnE DRiNk, RiGhT?! DUH! 🤦‍♀

You should see a cardiologist if you have heart problems and stop drinking caffeine.

There is no we bruh

It might be true, but I had to google the caffeine daily intake limit as soon as the amount of caffeine was listed. Most people don't keep these things in their heads, even if they do read the amount it simply wouldn't occur to them that one drink could contain a max daily dose. There still should be an additional warning and more attention should be called to it. Not doing so is just disingenious, like yeah, we did list that in fine print, now if people accidentally overdose on that, well... it's their own fault for not reading the fine print and not doing the calculations. Make no mistake, that is deliberately misleading.

@@CrazyTreehuggingElf it's not panera's fault that people don't know how much caffeine is safe to consume. google is free, if y'all want to stay ignorant then that's your own decision. they clearly labeled the caffeine content

​@@kellbear23Or maybe companies should stop developing products that are intentionally addictive and are possibly deadly. I mean, seriously? Give me a break.

@@dragonsky799 Pathetic.

You should blame them for not correctly labeling the contents of their drinks, indirectly causing the death of a girl that always checked

@@aidee4186 Correction. I don't blame them for the actions of people who decided "lets drink several large caffeine imbued beverages in one day!" Recommended is a maximum of 400mg daily.

​@@aidee4186they have always labelled the caffeine, they show that in the video

@@aidee4186 They did. Next.

It shouldn’t even be an option to buy. 400mg of caffeine is insane and a way to get ppl addicted to buying their products.

Are you dead?

@@bobbyray7558 still very much alive.

That's crazy. How do you think that occured?

@@bobbyray7558 Not a clue. I didn't know anything about caffeine poisoning back then, but I just had a gut feeling that it was pushing myself to stay up late combined with all the caffeine I drank that had done it. I regularly stayed up all night drinking coffee and writing papers and going to class the next day on no sleep, but that night I was particularly tired and struggling to stay awake, so I drank way more coffee/tea than I usually did. Years later I learned about caffeine poisoning, which appeared to confirm my intuition. So I know this isn't scientific by any means, it's just my own personal experience, but I've since limited my caffeine intake. Too much caffeine also hypes up my anxiety, so I mostly avoid it these days just for that reason. I still love the taste of coffee, so I have about 3 cups daily, but it's decaf, with just a sprinkle of regular mixed in. I generally stick to herbal teas rather than black or green tea, and of course I love chocolate as much as anyone lol. So I'm pretty free with that, but I don't eat a lot of it. And I've never had a Red Bull or other energy drink, ever lol. Run away, run away! :D Hope that helps!