Rebounding from Charged Lemonade Fiasco, Panera Bread Offers Energy Refreshers with Exceedingly Modest Caffeine Levels

Chastened by controversy over its now-withdrawn Charged Lemonades, Panera Bread chain is testing new range of far more modestly caffeinated offerings under Energy Refreshers moniker in 65 stores initially. Compared to Charged Lemonades with hundreds of mg of caffeine that were blamed for causing cardiac arrests in some consumers, they...
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Publishing Info

  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue #: 212
  • Issue Date: 10/20/2025