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Panera to drop its high-caffeine Charged Lemonade amid lawsuits

Panera will stop selling the high-caffeine lemonade and other fruit drinks amid lawsuits claiming that people were harmed or killed.

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May 7, 2024 at 6:28 p.m. EDT
Charged Lemonade from a Panera Bread Co. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg)
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Panera Bread will no longer sell the ultra-caffeinated lemonade and fruit drinks that made the chain the subject of at least three lawsuits claiming that people who drank the beverages were harmed or killed by them.

Charged Lemonade and Charged Sips will be taken off the menu, according to a source familiar with the move who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.