Food Theory: This Lemonade Could Kill You (Panera)
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What if I told you that Panera is deceiving you, Loyal Theorists? No, not because of their tasty bread bowls or mac & cheese. But because of their CHARGED Lemonades! This started as a theory, but it turned into something MUCH more serious. It certainly made me revved up and ready to warn you about the dangers of caffeine …
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I work for Panera, and AS SOON as I found out about how much caffeine is in these (around four months ago) I immediately warned pretty much everyone I talked to regularly.
Thank you for doing gods work
Good 👍. That's called being a responsible human being right there.
@@Startsu2837 bro just mocked everyone's religion
@@commissarf1196 if that were true, they would just say not to eat at Panera. They have a lot of unhealthy food. Lol
I work for Panera, and AS SOON as I found out about how much caffeine is in these (around four months ago) I immediately warned pretty much everyone I talked to regularly.
As a person who actually works at a Panera, most of the cashiers take it upon themselves to warn parents about the caffeine in the chargers for children
As someone who is a shift at Panera none of these associates could give two shits lmfao
how often do the parents not care?
The bette roption would be to not stock said lemonade and just tell everyone that shit's poison, much more effecient
@@Cocoaben work in retail and I'd say 70% don't care. Will buy M rated games, do the song and dance, all the bad and sexual content. And they're just "it's fine".
Gets pretty aggravating
@@nejishadow i was playing 18+ games when i was like 5 and i came out well but sure
Absolutely they need to advertise this better. I ordered one the other day, not even realizing it was a “charged lemonade”. I thought it was a flavored lemonade. I am 13 weeks pregnant, the recommended daily max of caffeine during pregnancy is 200mg. Thankfully when the cashier asked if I wanted half or full it threw me off, and I saw it was charged and looked it up in time, but I could have easily missed it and consumed an unsafe amount of caffeine.
That wouldve been a yikes 😬
yeah unsafe, my wife drank like 10 cofees a day when she was pregnant, dont overreact
@@fentanylek everyone might react differently to having that much caffeine
@mrsnaki I feel sorry for your wife. "Ohhhh the guys in chernobyl took 5000+ ronets and hour don't over react". People like you deserve to be ran out of civilization and left to the wilds because "our ancestors survived housands of year in the woods don't overreact!"
Congratulations on your baby
Just saw that another person died from this in October 2023. MatPat, thanks so much for making me aware of this issue. You are actually saving lives. I worked as a preschool teacher, and I tell parents all the time now that these drinks are NOT safe for their kids… my coworker said she would have probably let her child drink it if she had not heard from me that it was dangerous. You probably saved several lives, AT LEAST, by making this video. Thank you so so much
The sugar content alone is dangerous..parents really have no idea what they are feeding their kids which is a bigger issue in general. It should be common sense that caffeine isn't good for kids in any quantity and small children don't need any added sugar in their diet either honestly.
😂😂😂 how about some person responsibly
@@AnimeBronximagine being joined 18 years ago and still only have 9 subs
I’ll always remember the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade that makes someone overdose on caffeine which could cause kidney failure and might make them come back for more.”
This comment needs more likes 😂
Commenting few secnds before previous comments a few seconds ago.
@don't be surprised it’s not
@don't be surprised That is not it
genius
As a Panera employee I drank our new lemonades like 2 days in a row and had the worst and most severe panic attacks I've had in my life and just overall increased anxiety. I now know high caffeine makes my anxiety worse I've simply never exposed myself to THIS much caffeine especially since all it takes is ONE charged lemonade for it to be too much for me :) not to mention customers are getting refills of this stuff.
Sameee happened to meee
Same, but it made me stay up for so long, the crash had me feeling like I had a fever or something. Most.of us now just mix 1/3 of it with sprite or the lime bubly.
Imagine someone with worse anxiety they could have a panic attack
Same but with pre workout instead
you ever drink a red bull? its the same thing as those rebel drinks from dutch bros. nothing new
I worked at Panera. I actually quit last year. I use to have to tell customers with kids that those lemonade had caffeine. Kids and homeless came in there often drinking those lemonade. And it was ALWAYS the large cups.
THE LARGE WITH CANE SUGAR ADDED.
somehow it’s ALWAYS the large cups. 😭
imagine being homeless there is a great deal on a sign "infinite refills" omg i can drink as much as i want! then you die of a seizure shortly after because the lemonde was drugged to the max. the fact that its addictive is so much worse since you dont think that fricking lemons,water and sugar are going to hae obsurdly high levels of cafine. i feel bad the that panera employee in the car rant video because she was so drugged up she couldnt explain what was happening in a believable way
@@amberhead468 Dead “meme”
@@weirdyoutubechannels why
I'm here after the sad and avoidable death of David Brown. Now two people with heart conditions have died because of the drink. This is more than frustrating since both could be with us today, enjoying their lives with their families, if this drink was actually advertised correctly.
Rest in peace David and Sarah 😢
It's funny how it's advertised on door dash but not in the restaurant. I ordered a meal with the charged lemonade and on the door dash app it said "this drink has as much caffeine as our dark roast coffee" but when I went into Panera to pick it up there was no advertisements saying the lemonade was that heavily caffeinated. In fact 2 had signs saying sugar free but not a single sign about it being about as caffeinated as a tall Red Bull. I could easily see how people with disabilities and heart conditions could end up drinking this by mistake. Panera definitely needs to lose the wrongful death lawsuits because those deaths were definitely their fault because of lack of advertising.
Was David blind too?
Maybe they should have learned to read. They did it to themselves
The charged lemonades at my Panera are actually behind the counter to prevent people from constantly refilling. Not sure why this isn’t the case at other locations
As someone who works at Panera, it is mandatory for us to tell customers that there is an insane of caffeine in the lemonade and we advise parents to not to let their children drink it. Even for myself, I limit how often I drink them and even then, I put half regular lemonade THEN the charged lemonade.
Stay safe y’all.
Hi I work at panera bread and haven't heard anything from our managers about that???
Why should it be the employees job,
Huge fan of lemonade here (I'm aware that's a weird sentence.) I am on the debate team at my school and we have a tradition of getting panera before or after our debate trips. Earlier this school year, we went and I was quite thirsty. So, being a lemonade fan, I decided that the strawberry lemonade looked so good. So, I drank a cup. Then another. Then another. Then half of another. We went and did our debate and I was feeling on top of the world but almost panicky. On the bus ride back, I felt like I was dying. As a caffeine addict, I'd say one cup throughout the day would be ok for most others in the same situation. However, I would not suggest drinking almost 4.
Must be location Based. I've never been told I HAVE to warn people but I usually do. The sugar content is insane too!
My sister worked at Panera and I remember her telling me something along the lines of "my coworkers would let the lemonade sit and then drink it and get high off of it"
As someone who works at Panera, I always make it apparent to others that they have caffeine. In fact at my store, my manager has made it a requirement for all of us to state that the charged lemonades have caffeine so that kids don't accidentally drink them.
Yep they made us do that to
Why did they put so much caffeine in the lemonade anyways?
@@MM-pv5tp Like they said in the video (At least I think they did), caffeine is addictive and makes you feel more awake. Basically your brain goes "Panera drink = Good"
Sounds like you just had a manager with morals
Why can't kids drink them? Soda has caffeine
College students went crazy when these first came out cause we were all looking for extreme caffeine levels lol
I'm a college student and I'm thinking of trying this charged lemonade during finals week
@@sparkle0859 same
just do Adderall like a real college student lmao
Ong💀
@@TheDirtymikenation 😂fax
I once had two large charged lemonades at Panera because I had no idea how much caffeine was in it. That resulted in the worst panic attack I've ever had which lasted for 3 days straight. I guess it all makes sense now.
Doubtful, half life of caffeine isn’t even close to that length. Sounds like you got a case of “I’m a pusy”
@@JamesCook76131you sound like you have a case of "I'm a giant asshole."
@@JamesCook76131 most people dont overdose on caffeine like you so yes their body can have negative reactions
@@rakimu6023 doesn’t change the half life dumbfck
@@JamesCook76131 Not at all... Caffeine metabolism varies wildly from person to person... To be fair if you have a panic attack that lasts 3 days from 400mg than you are very sensitive to caffeine and probably have problems with coffee too... But there are so many people who are that sensitive to caffeine...
I was just a baker there, so I would just get it as my free drink employees get, but it was pretty obvious in the marketing of it that it had caffeine in it. I was pretty happy about it and would drink it often to get me through my shift. But I had NO idea it was THAT much caffeine. Probably started having caffeine withdrawals without knowing it
The tea I drink has 150 mg of caffeine so I feel you. I F E E L Y O U (14 and still in school)
Bro that’s fucked. The Panera I worked at had a sign on the front of the drink dispensers. I saw it had like 80 something grams of sugar and didn’t ever try it
@@Plant.. I mean it had the amounts listed somewhere but I had no reference for how much caffeine that was😅 But after a while the drink would give me shudders because I guess my body was tired of consuming that much caffeine, but my productivity and motivation was all over the place since my body became reliant on the caffeine and I stopped drinking it often. Damned if I drank it, damned if I didn’t.
Yeah I just drank a large charged lemonade. I’m ready to do my college work.
Yeah, I don't get how you can take the time to make sure you get the flavor you want, not see all the other text on the sign, and decide to not read it. What else are you doing as you fill up the drink?
When I first started working at Panera, I always drank the strawberry mint lemonade, but it seemed a bit too strong for me and it gave me heart burn, so I would water it down. And I didn't just add a little water. I would do half and half, but even then, it was still strong. Whenever I worked late, I'd always wonder how I managed to stay up so long and feel so good. One day, I was getting the lemonade and I just so happened to look at the label where it said how much caffeine it had. It all made sense then, but it took me MONTHS to figure out it had any caffeine at all. Ever since, I've been trying to drink more water.
I had the same experience. I work at Panera as a baker, and I had a normal-sized one on the first day that we had them. It hurt my stomach to the point that I never got one again
The real adult drink
ow no, u addicted
Same here! Was an overnight baker and wondered why I could stay up for two days straight lmaoooo
@@cryogelatin1952 pretty hard not to get addicted to a tasting great liquid that is overdosed so much with an addictive drug tbh
Just read: A 21 year old college student passed, and their family just filed a lawsuit against Panera Bread claiming the lemonade, for the exact reasons you listed.
I hope Panera gets sued them into the stone age.
-__________- all this technology and ship and yet people out here dying of stupidity. No wonder we are where we are. 😂😂😂
@@bryand7817 This isn't stupidity - this is the passing of a young adult with a medical condition.
@@bryand7817how is a young lady dying because of Panera's stupidity in any way her fault
@@arvidbergman no one said her Death was stupidity. Read correctly one of the many reasons we are here right now. -_-
I'm sad to say that this drink killed someone.
A girl, who had a heart condition, lost her life after drinking this lemonade. She had no idea the lemonade had caffeine and her family is now suing the company.
R.I.P Sarah Kats
Dennis Brown too. Also dead.
@@thewhitefalcon8539oh my condolences I didn't hear about them
@@thewhitefalcon8539He looks like such a sweet man. May he rest easy, thanks for bringing awareness 🤍
May both people who died Rest In Peace.
The first time I had a charged lemonade at Panera I was HOOKED. I’m not kidding when I tell you I’ve been craving it ever since. I only had it that one time because I rarely go to Panera, but it’s no joke. The amount of sugar and caffeine in that thing is literally like crack
you shouldn't go anywhere near crack. it's much worse. literally
@@Khunark Isn’t sugar like crack? It’s not something that’ll harm you in smaller quantities but large quantities is when it becomes concerning and flat out dangerous in repeated large amounts.
@@TheManWhoErasedHisNane I believe sugar is 6 times more addictive than cocaine
@@elbron7595 no. That's bunk "science". Sugar can light up the reward centers 6 times more powerful or often or whatever, but an addictive drug alters the chemical composition of the brain/body in such a way that your body's homeostasis is disrupted if you stop taking it.
momento mori my friend!
Im a teenager working at my local panera. Before I knew how much caffeine was in the drink, I chugged two cups and was completely mentally dysfunctional for hours after. I only buy them if I know I need to stay up for hours after I drink any of it. I have often warned my peers and any parents who come in, of the insane level of caffeine. It tastes great but please, be weary of how much you have,
Bro I’m 14 and had three my stomach felt like it was falling apart the next day
U could have died
*wary, not weary😉
I drank 5, I stayed up for 3 and a half days we thought feeling tired at all
You might want to quit your job. THIS IS DEADLY PRODUCT! I haven't had a job since the Thuy Trang car accident, at which time I was working for a company that made fuzzbusters, and even accused a superior TO HIS FACE of having murdered the first actress Power Ranger fans saw wearing yellow
I almost drank one last time I went to Panera. Fortunately I noticed it said charged and I checked what that meant. I have really bad migraines and caffeine can trigger them really bad. Energy drinks are the worst and if this worse than them, I am so glad I caught that before I bought it and drank it.
Glad you noticed it in time, a good case of "that was a close one"
I get the exact same problem from caffeine. If I were to have gone to Panera Bread without watching this video, I probably would have gotten the lemonade without realizing that it had ANY caffeine, let alone 390MG!
Don't get any Dark Roast Startbucks coffee either. Those have 260mg of caffeine. They don't have any warning either, and people think it's a normal cup of coffee, yet it has 2.5x that amount.
Why So weak?
@@Pepe-recha People's bodies differ from each other. My sister likes coffee, but it has no effect on her and she can't drink it without having stomach aches. I'm okay with caffeine, yet one big gulp would be able to make me stay awake in the middle of the night. Some people's bodies just handle things differently.
Update from 8 months later, that lemonade did in fact end up killing someone.
Update from 1 month later, a second lemonade has hit the tower.
@@thewhitefalcon8539NO. that’s actually hilarious tho. Good job
The fact that both MatPat & Panera mention Dark Roast coffee multiple times when it's the roast with the LEAST caffeine really says it all on how little caffeine in understood in the collective conscience.
Also, Panera allows sells that lemonade to-go in half gallon bottles. I almost bought one this week, but passed since it was ~$11.
Update: Since this comment is gaining a lot a traction I think it's worth highlighting Kyle_P's comment on how this is actually a double misconception. The TL;DR is coffee beans puff up and become quite airy the more they're roasted. An easier visual might be popcorn, but since there's no shell it's gradual. A scoop of dark roast is considerably less dense than a lighter one and in turn less bean material overall, thus the coffee content as a whole, not just the caffeine, is less.
What.... thats insane if someone didn't know and drank all of the half gallon ... O boi
MatPat was just repeating what Panera said about their own drink.
@@alalalala57 12 oz dark roast coffee usually has around 260mg caffeine.
Caffeine is understood but drinks aren't, I still don't remember which is hot cocoa and coffee or milk and coffee between a mocha and a latte
At Starbucks our blonde roast has the most caffeine but a lighter sweeter taste which I prefer comes a shock to most people
I’m a nurse in the ER and we have a Panera in my hospital. I drank this straight (and I live off of caffeine and take adderall for adhd) and it mainly made my heart beat too fast. But I can see it affecting others badly. I personally mix it with half bubbly now so I can get SOME caffeine. Plus it’s too sweet anyway so the bubbly helps cut it
So you have to cut it like crack?
What is bubbly? Like that Micheal buble drink?
i just mix it with some of their green tea LOL
I have ADHD and I’ve been on methylphenidate, I’ve been limiting my caffeine consumption as I have gotten older, mostly because I struggle with insomnia and that’s a painful combination of drinking caffeine and having trouble going to sleep at night.
@bobsaget7723 bro, you good?
The wild thing is that I usually actively search out 300mg energy drinks & they’re surprisingly hard to find! I needed it due to having hypokalemia and adrenal crash, but knowing I only needed it due to everything not working right, made me realize how dangerous that could be for someone with a functioning metabolic system!
@Alexander Hatt Bang is also 300 mg. I believe they're made by the same company actually. Lots of different available flavors. I believe the Ghost Energy drinks are also pretty high with around 250. If you're someone who likes the flavor of candy then they're pretty good.
@@joshds123_3 Bang went bankrupt after the Monster lawsuit. Can’t find them anymore at my local stores.
KSI and Logan Paul just came out with Prime Energy drinks and those have 300 mg of caffeine and are probably healthier for you
Rockstar zero endurance my friend! They are god send!!! Tryem out! You can usually find em for deals around 2 for 5
@Alexander Hatt my guy!!! I live Reign! My fav is the red one
To think that now TWO people have passed from this drink. Panera needs to be held accountable.
i read comments saying it’s 3.. that’s insane.. that’s INSANE.
Panera does not need to be held accountable for anything. This is literally advertised as a charged lemonade and energy drink. So if u can't comprehend that you need to learn English. A charged energy drink means caffeinated lol. Period.
@@mrrandom3207over 100 mgs of caffeine, not really expected
@@mrrandom3207 Exactly.
We're not gonna suggest cutting back on the non waters?
I mean, i agree Panara should've been cautious, and I know some people are just like "I like it. I'm gonna have 4 of them today" and no one is stopping them, but a part of the problem is American's lack of restraint. I don't get people that can even stomach more than 3 soft drinks/ tea /lemonade.
I like these a lot, but you DEFINITELY need to make sure you don't get multiple. At my Panera the Charged stuff is actually behind the counter, and they do actively try to discourage people from getting more than one, which is important
They shouldn't be selling them in the first place.
@@MetaKnight964 Why not? If the company starts doing their due diligence and not leaving it up to each location to inform people about the content, why can't people make their own choices?
@@Hylian_Herald because drugging the human population should be illegal .... they are litterly getting people addicted to a drug to sell products
@@monkeyoperator1360 Should alcohol be illegal? Alcohol is EXTREMELY addictive. If proper warning labels wouldn't be enough, it's out too.
What about literally everything sold at McDonald's, or any fast food chain? Should they be allowed to operate? McDonald's is the single largest enabler of the obesity epidemic and cause of heart disease, and they hide their nutritional facts far more than Panera hides the caffeine content on the Charged lemonades.
If your position is that people aren't smart enough to be ALLOWED to make their own food decisions even when informed, it's either all or nothing with banning food that's bad for you. That's not the kind of position you can go halfway on.
@Gabriel Hill that's like saying companies should be able to sell Crack cocaine "because customers can make their own decisions" that is such a nothing argument and frankly irresponsible
I'm so glad he finally did a video on the panera charged lemonade. I would constantly tell my coworkers when I worked at panera that if they told me that these drinks had cocaine in them that I would straight up believe them. I used to work there for about 8 months and I was wired on these drinks and within weeks of me leaving my brain returned to normal and I felt so much better. These drinks honestly were probably some of the main reasons why I had so much anxiety working there.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If you knew how much caffeine they had in them and knew it was bad for you, WHY WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO DRINK THEM. Seriously. It's not that difficult and people shouldn't need others to hold their hands over consuming a caffeinated beverage. FFS
@@roxazaloah so you research the healthy levels for every item in existence? That's not something that should ever even have to fall into the consumer's requirements, companies should just make sure their product meets basic safety levels.
The anxiety you felt from working at Panera is an inherent part of working there, but it is particularly concerning that a company with posters throughout their stores claiming the have “dedication to menu transparency” and “food you can trust” is intentionally misleading about the caffeine content in their youth-marketed “Unlimited Sip Club” subscription flagship drink line.
As someone who works at Panera, the caffeine per serving is when the cup is 3/4 of the way full of ice. I usually warn people about the caffeine around 4pm so they don’t stay up all night.
So basically when the entire thing is lemonade and not ice, you're dead
so thats why my limbs move without my demand!
Yepp samee
@@exposedin4k113 i turned into yellow slime
So you're telling me a full cup of charged lemonade with no ice is closer to 1000 MG of caffeine?
Here after Sarah Katz’s death… Mat was exactly right, and they’re probably going to dodge the lawsuit with the fine print serving size, too. Absolutely terrible. I hope her family gets justice.
Apparently she died in September 2022. Unfortunately, she couldn't be warned in time.
wait... the same sarah in the video?
@@NotSandhorst I don't think so
Do you think they'll show this video as evidence?
I don’t it’s her fault lol😂😂 r.i.p.f.m if u don’t get the ripfm reference look up purple monkey virus bongo buddy
Quitting caffeine was one of the best decisions I ever made. It doesn't give you "energy", it makes your brain forget when you're tired. It's a culturally misunderstood drug, no better for you than alcohol, but potentially more dangerous because it lacks the stigma and restrictions.
MatPat doesn't explore one of the other reasons that nearly lethal doses of caffeine are legal: the soda companies are in bed with the government.
I used to drink energy drinks a lot, like too much. I'm working on at least cutting down on it, I'm having small amounts of coffee occasionally rather than just straight up sugar and caffeine. I drank it so much that the caffeine didn't affect me anymore and I just drank it for the flavor. Do you have any advice for when I'm craving pretty much just the flavor of them?
Someone once put it perfectly when they told me caffeine steals energy/adrenaline from the future haha, I think it’s so true because later in the day it doesn’t matter how much you drink, your energy is all dried up
Well, for me, I don't know if there's a need to "quit" caffeine. I only drink 3-in-1 coffee from the little bags, and some cola sometimes. And frankly I've never believed in coffee making me more awake or whatever, I just sorta like the tasted of 3-in-1 coffee
"no better than alcohol" I think you're underestimating just how bad alcohol is for you.
@@leritykay8911 if it doesn't make you more alert that's probably because it doesn't affect you anymore because you drink it often, it was like that for me so I stopped drinking it then after like 3-6 months of zero coffee (don't remember exactly how long) I had one again because I was very busy with school and let me tell you just one coffee was enought to get me very noticably hyperactive and alert to the point that other people noticed.
My biggest takeaway from this below "stay away from charged lemonades" is honestly, "so THAT'S why I wasn't allowed to drink any caffeinated beverages until I was a teenager". My parents did me right but I wish they had explained a bit more and led by example. 🤷🏻♀️
my parents are trying to quit, and its been hard and they are trying their best, adiction is very hard to get over :')
I know that some lemonade brands are thinking about bringing UK caffeinated versions.
Why do sugary and fruits beverages need caffeine anyway. Why do you need to change your heart and brain activity with a drug every time you have a nice beverage.
I understand that you get generations are moving away from alcohol but that doesn't mean we have to swap a neuro depressant for a neurostimulant and act like that's totally reasonable.
I think we need to have more things like regular lemonade and orangeade and decaf soft drinks. If I want caffeine I'll go have some tea.
Many people don't think water, if they're having caffeinated soft drinks most if the day. Maybe a caffeinated pre work out before gym. That will all add up.
Caffeine also has a relatively long half life so it stays in your system for a long time.
And then imagine in a weekend and you go out and have alcoholic beverages - then you just end up with high levels of a neurostimulant and a neurodeoresswnt competing. This will wreak havoc on cardiac health.
@@PriyaPans caffeine is addictive. If you can get people addicted to your product you will have multiple steady streams of income. From their point of view it is a way to entice new people who want caffeine and keep people drinking their products. It is a win win for them. Just a way to make more money.
@@pikagamergirl16 oh definitely. It's going to be a bigger and bigger problem
i used to drink an energy drink every day through middle school cause neither my parents nor I knew it was filled with caffiene. Pretty sure I have a hole in my heart now lol
Seems like I’m not the only one that came back to this video, because MatPat predicted the future, and Panera is probably getting away with it.
(Edit: two deaths)
We’ll I mean it’s not like it’s Panera breads fault she needs to read labels I mean it’s called CHARGED lemonade
@@Latencyzto be honest the Panera I normally go to, the way they had stated it was on a blackboard. That wasn’t eye level…
The family of the deceased is now suing the company.
@@LatencyzWhat does charged lemonade even mean 😂 Not to mention its a rediculous amount of caffein either way
@Latencyz charged as in like a normal dose of caffeine? It literally has more caffeine than a fkn energy drink
They need to label them! I was pregnant and I had never heard of these drinks and I almost drank one before an employee stopped me
They are labelled.
No?
@@rakeldishavardardottir3271 What do you mean "No"? Are you blind? Did you watch the video?
No” what I mean by that is they aren’t labelled as dangerous or have a age restriction so YOUR comment is what i mennt @riblaglaunti1719
@@rakeldishavardardottir3271 That's dumb.
I have worked in 2 paneras over the span of 2 years- both had different locations for the soda machine, both having the charged lemonades right next to it. They replaced our flavored teas that were caffeine free, so many people have said "I tried it thinking it was also caffeine free"
Considering we just got through lockdown and secondary waves of a virus that notoriously causes heart problems… seems pretty predatory to me.
@@GuiSmith almost like it’s all part of the same plan..
Pop not soda
whenever i have caffine (only had it once in a boba in a smol amount) and it makes me feel not too good, probably becuz i dont even drink 'pop'- (im a kid btw)
@@desaug pop
This aged well
Very
I have a heart condition that's severe enough to result in me avoiding caffeine as much as humanly possible, as it can make me /extremely/ ill. Rest in peace my former coffee addict. This sort of thing is horrifying because as someone who can't even have a cup of coffee without feeling the bad effects, I can completely see myself obliviously drinking one of these lemonades without realizing just how much of a grave I'm digging for myself. That tiny sign there isn't enough to tell people like me “hey, you need to avoid this” because it's obscured by the sheer amount of environmental context going “hey, this is okay! :D”. Thank you for making this video.
It's not "obscured" at all lol
@@andieallison6792 it’s weird how you are pretending to not understand what this person means. And if you truly don’t, that’s sad.
Just curious what it causes you to feel? I have SVT and had surgery to fix one of the two holes quite a while back, I consume quite a bit of caffeine a day and don't really ever feel super great, I just never really considered it to actually be the caffeine
@@andieallison6792 I'd ask if you could read, but all you had to do to understand the concepts being expressed here was listening to the video we're commenting under in the first place, so now I'm caught up on which question to even ask anymore.
As a Panera worker, the day these came out the entire store was absolutely wired 💀
Dang 😭
Same here
Same over here, now I gotta warn everyone about these drinks in case someone decides to get them 💀
These lemonades are the only things that give me energy and I go for the large sizes! It makes me basically bounce off the walls and makes the work day go faster. I should’ve known they were unhealthy but they’re the only thing that works! 😭
I don't think you're telling the truth, given anyone drinking a dark roast would be equally wired.
aaa i really appreciate this video - caffeine hardly affects me at all (folks with ADD, like myself, are known to be affected differently by caffeine), but that's why it'd be SO EASY for me to overdose on it without noticing if it was snuck into something i wouldn't expect to be caffeinated. this PSA is entirely necessary, thank u guys
EDIT: lots of folks in the replies are talking abt how add/adhd can also result in caffeine making u drowsy, and this is also true !! i made my comment mostly to point out the issue i personally have with caffeine, but i could also see how it would be SO DANGEROUS to basically be taking a sedative without knowing. like, imagine DRIVING after that much caffeine if it makes u drowsy. YIKES
Honestly yeah! I rarely drink caffeine, and it always just makes me feel focused.
Came to say the same. I have ADHD and I always thought the caffeine effects were greatly exaggerated. I just feel normal after large amounts of caffeine, usually able to get some work done.
im insensitive to caffeine too
@@legerdemain444 As someone else with ADHD I also don’t really feel positive benefits from caffeine. All it makes me feel is slightly sick and tired
You're welcome
MatPat literally predicted the future. RIP Sarah, you will be missed
And Dennis.
You don’t know that. You didn’t know the girl.
@@thatgirlreacts5465so you are saying the girl is faking her death? I mean, if this drink didn’t have these kind of caffeine numbers it would be a little suspicious, but after another person dies and it is the same thing? I don’t know…
@@Blackfedoraowner no, I’m not saying that in the least.
@@thatgirlreacts5465Surely you won't be missed. Get to it
Companies sneaking caffeine into products that shouldn't have it really irritates me. I'm extremely sensitive to caffeine--it doesn't give me an energy boost, but it DOES make me nauseous and shaky. I've pretty much cut caffeine out because it makes me feel so sick and now I'm worried I'm gonna eat some YOGURT and mess myself up
I wouldn't call it sneaking. Most of the advertising and the containers that hold the charged drinks have it labeled on the amount. It's a bit lazy to not be more focused on it but it's not necessarily on the company if they told people who are interested in the product every step of the way that it has caffeine besides putting caffeine in the product name. Soda brands would probably be a bigger culprit of "sneaking" since you have to actively look at the ingredient label to know if anything but it's still there on the bottle or can usually.
it feels kinda dystopian ngl
@@drazerowx8211 Yeah I feel like accusing a drink they call "Charged" of "sneaking in" caffeine is a bit like accusing a sandwich called "Inferno" of "sneaking in" Capsaicin
Walmart now sells these little plastic bottles of overnight oatmeal you're supposed to put water or milk in the night before and drink for breakfast. 100mg of caffeine, in OATMEAL
Also, common food ingredients contain natural caffeine such as chocolate and guarana meaning it's hard to avoid completely if you like chocolate products.
i had a friend in high school who would casually mention being hospitalized for drinking too many energy drinks, *as she was cracking open a new one.* i have no idea what happened to her later on, but now I gotta admit i think it must have ended badly for her...
I mean, it was highschool. Chances are better she lied about that. I don't know when you were in HS, but when I was, the girls thought it was trendy/cool to drink a lot of Monster and that 100% sounds like something my friends' would've lied about for clout.
@@flamboyantwarlock7101 they also thought it was trendy to fake illnesses, back in my freshman year I was talking to a girl who swear she had leukemia because she was anemic and during the cold season her lymph nodes would swell but guess what she didn't she just needed more iron in her diet.(this doesn't only pertain to girls, i knew a few guys who faked breaking their arm or having a disability)
She probably pissed acid
@@Seniorjohnson what the...
stating stuff like that AND opening a new one might be a sign of dependency. Let her be aware of what she's doing and risking, and talk with your parents so that your parents (who are adults) can speak with her ones. You might help a life
I’m horrified. I always order lemonade because I don’t like the way soda tastes and because I’m sensitive to caffeine. I ordered the Starbucks refreshers when I’d go to Starbucks with friends, and I had no idea! No wonder I was having problems sleeping! This isn’t just shady, this is dangerous and malicious!
Indeed
Pop not soda
@@thunderfyrekinggaming2243 Soda on the East Coast.
@@jettqk1 pop
Your just incompetent
A(nother) Charged Lemonade death has prompted Steve Lehto's channel to do a story on this. Commenters brought me here. Thanks MatPat!
I also watched Steve Lehto's video on this, and remembered about this video. I believe the death from the law suit in Steve's video is about the death in Sept 2022. Which currently is the only death I found that happened with the lemonade. It's just that the law suit is finally hit the courts now, which is sparking the news outlets to comment on it. So it didn't just happen.
2 now
this explains so much- i have adhd and it means my reaction to caffeine isnt becoming hyper, its becoming extremely tired. i remember a month or two ago i was feeling great, got a full nights sleep for the first time in awhile, went to panera and got one of these, and immediately passed out when i got home
Yeah, I don't wanna be that guy but I have medically diagnosed adhd, have to take the most powerful meds there were, and I still fill overclocked when drinking caffeine so that tired think, idk what you're on about, not trying to discredit you, just saying we don't all feel the same way and some hyperactive people react to substances differently
At least I think so
@@felipecastanha9161 ik! some adhd people like my partner get really hyper from it, some have typical reactions! but it is specific to certain adhd people that caffine makes some tired. there can be other reasons people get hyper from caffine, sometimes thats just how body's react, but adhd is the only know reason people get tired from it! hope this helps!
edit cause i forgot to say: i also have an adhd diagnosis, im only unmedicated cause of other health issues that mean i react badly to adhd meds
Caffeine naps with ADHD is the real deal, for me it got worse since the pandemic and possibly catching C-19. So I'm cutting back. Now I can chug an energy drink and pass out shortly after if I sit down anywhere. Going from an energy drink to tea has been difficult
@@felipecastanha9161 this is an interesting complexity you probably could experience for yourself with enough caffeine or stimulants, though I wouldn’t recommend trying.
I also have ADHD and I also get hyperactive focus from stimulants. I’m on literally the prescription stimulant to focus day to day. Caffeine is too potent, especially with my meds, and gives me headaches, but it also relaxes me if I have enough at once. In my early teens, it took about one personal size plastic bottle of Mountain Dew to induce drowsiness. My understanding is that you have the pathways that require attention attended to by the stimulant, so you can get things done. But, after those are saturated, the pathways to get things done are the next to be saturated. Eventually I stop being able to do anything, and then my inability to sleep normally catches up with me and I crash. Having everything be nice and quiet in my brain is nice… until I wake up half an hour later with a splitting headache, but that’s a me problem.
That’s the best way I can describe how caffeine does that. It’s really all about quieting things down enough that you get bored or sleeplessness catches up with you.
Some people get tired when consuming caffeine. Some of those people have ADHD. However, the idea that ADHD makes people react differently to stimulants is a myth which has been disproved in many many studies
The ‘free refills’ part might be in that grey legality area, considering just two of the smaller size puts you well past the 400mg mark, but I don’t know for sure
The 'free refills' of a highly caffeinated beverage already close to the upper limit of safe consumption was also what raised my eyebrows
I was wondering the same thing.
As someone who is very allergic to caffeine and has had psychosis and heart arrhythmia bc of it, there definitely needs to be warning labels on these super caffeine drinks. I had a refresher from Starbucks one time not knowing that it had caffeine and, guess what, went to the hospital. Very glad I didn’t try the Panera lemonade last time I went
You can be allergic to caffeine?!?
@@Tealagon-bi4ty You can be allergic to anything, I think. It's when your body reacts to something in a negative way, i think.
@@danitho
I believe it's when the body doesn't recognize certain food items as edible. So the body starts to attach that item to neutralize it, but it ends up giving you a very unpleasant trip to the toilet or as bad to put you in the ER
They label them on the fountain that they have as much caffeine as a cup of coffee at the ones by me.
It's called charged for a reason. Also they advertise it as a refreshing energy drink.
Re-watching this in 11/23 after seeing when it was originally posted in Jan., and this is eerily prophetic how this same exact thing happened to young Sara Katz. Her family is suing Panera (as they should) and I'm sure this video and others like it will be come up during the reviewing of evidence. It was very lighthearted when originally posted. Now its just a bit hard to watch. No amount of money can bring Sarah back, but I hope her family sues tf outta Panera and wins, to the point they gotta file for bankruptcy.
Sarah passed in September of 2022.
Dennis Brown now
You breezed over this really quickly, but I think it’s good to keep in mind that these lemonades also come included with the unlimited sips pass, something I nearly bought a while back planning to spend the day at Panera drinking the new lemonades they were advertising.
I work at a soda shop and drink at least 44oz of soda a day (most of which has caffeine) but I draw the line at a monster. That’s too much for me. I hurts to drink one so I don’t
I have no clue what would have happened if I had actually spent a day at Panera drinking these. This isn’t right, and quite frankly, Panera won’t see me in their stores for a while after this.
Thank you for spreading awareness :)
Yup, my mom and I tried the unlimited pass when it was heavily discounted and we always got the lemonades. I genuinely did not realize what "charged" really meant when I was drinking them. Or at least I assumed it was a pretty small amount of caffeine. We did eventually realize that it had a stupid amount of caffeine, so now we only use a little bit of the lemonade for flavor and fill the rest with regular lemonade and the green tea.
I agree with you but the video is 18 minutes long I'm not sure I'd call that "breezing over it really quickly"
I used to work at Panera. I also just had a sample but (a fourth of a cup or less) and I had crazy heart palpitations and it hurt.
He mentions it in the video yeah
I'm with you on the Monster thing. I just left a comment about how just a few sips of one had me nearly ready to call poison control lmao!
This drink has in some cases more caffeine than pre-workout and anyone whos taken pre work out knows having a second is really bad idea. So i can imagine how bad she felt after 4/5 of those drinks, probably as if her heart was about to jump out her chest.
Me personally, if I have any caffeine what do ever, I make sure not to take pre-workout
She should be feeling bad after 4/5 of those drinks. That’s about 90% of a normal 2,000 calorie diet as PURE SUGAR. Forget the caffeine, she should be worried about diabetes.
Its literally insane. Most PWOs are also sugar free, so more than 4× the caffine of one scoop of PWO and, what, 340g of sugar on top of that? I coundnt even imagine how she's feeling after that
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So, should she give time to getting gains?
Funny enough, in the Parera’s near me(MD) all have the charged lemonades behind the counter and the cashier gets your drink for you.
It used to be near the soda machine but they said too many people were getting refills. Ironically the coffees and blended drink are next to the lemonade.
I noticed that too when I went in to try it. I think since the video more employees have taken to warning people about it having caffeine as well.
i work at panera and they did move them behind the counter for maybe 2 weeks, then put them right back next to the soda. i thought keeping them behind the counter was a smart idea
Wonder if anyone else is revisiting this episode after a 21 year old student with a heart condition actually died from drinking this.
Yes exactly. They explicitly state that these drinks are caffeinated, but the shear amount of caffeine in these things is terrifying
I came straight her, it is such a sad situation.
:( She was a student at my college, I remember getting an email about her passing last year
That would be I
Yes
When I was a kid, I was always confused why I could only get certain drinks from the soda fountains while my siblings and parents could get whatever they wanted. I was on meds that you were not supposed to mix with caffeine, or else it could have severe consequences. If I had had that lemonade, I may have died because of the medicine I was taking. So yeah, things that have caffeine should be labeled clearly.
But it is labeled…. You wouldn’t have died because if literally has a label that states it has caffeine
@natalie d I was saying as a kid who couldn't read properly, I would have thought it was just lemonade. That caffeine mixing with the stimulus I was already taking may have been too strong for my tiny body at the time. Making my heart go kaput.
@@natalied662 OP was a kid then bro, I don't think kids would expect caffeine (especially that ridiculously high amount) in good ol lemonade and just drank it thinking it was fine-
@@horriblekellible K-i-d. As in not understanding things
@Yahhsass some people cannot think further ahead. But yeah the kid is just a kid. How are they supposed to know
Not often I say this, but Mat absolutely called it. Panera is such a scummy company it's insane.
usually, the nicer something looks on the surface, the worse it’ll be underneath.
These Panera drinks are insane! I was a senior in college last year, pregnant with my first and I thought these drinks were better than a cup of coffee! We had the 3 month free subscription so I used to order a large for my husband and I to share daily because we worked right across the street from a Panera! Once I got a large one for myself after work because I was exhausted and had a lot of work to do and I ended up spilling it everywhere and barely got to drink any of it. I had a full on pregnancy meltdown lol and went back to get another one later that night... no joke I spilled all of it again as soon as I got home😭 I joked afterwards that maybe I was just not meant to have that much sugar or caffeine because it would have been too much for my baby... after watching this, I seriously believe that spilling those drinks saved me and my baby! I stopped drinking them after the subscription ended and I now have a happy and healthy baby girl thank goodness💕 Panera should definitely have a warning for pregnant/breastfeeding mothers!
Youre lucky, i cant believe they dont say anything its like every company rlly doesnt care about customers being actually alive humans at all
That's your guardian angel protecting you.
@@andrewpatton5114 I 100% agree!
Pls don’t consume more than 100mg a day of caffeine if pregnant… dude. Go read some nutrition stuff and maybe educate yourself a bit. Try green tea or exercise.caffeine in that amount could cause developmental damage to the fetus
@Kate Apple Obviously I didn't know that this was an "energy drink" lol! I would never purposely drink something to harm my baby. I honestly thought the caffeine in this drink was from something like green tea meaning it would be LESS than a cup of coffee. Just like the majority of people in the comments I was fooled by how much caffeine was actually in it. Lol I shouldn't have to read a whole nutrition book in the drive thru of a Panera to see if a lemonade would be safe to drink while pregnant
Former Starbucks employee:
I thought of the Starbucks Refreshers before MatPat mentioned them, they originally weren’t marketed towards kids, but more so the people that don’t like coffee but can feel good about a “healthy” alternative to coffee. They were at first disclaimed as being made from green coffee bean juice, and I had assumed everyone knew that. But the concentrate was watered down and had significant less caffeine than the Panera super juice.
They became popular with kids because of tik tok and “secret menus”
If that thr cause should have get the strawberry and cream or any non caffeine drink they offer.
@@jomarcentermjm That doesn't help people like me who need caffeine but hate the taste of coffee, now does it? Bad enough I deal with coffee snobbery living in the Seattle area.
Realising that one of there drinks is (basically on a pure caffeine basis) one and 2 thirds a can of monster or yea like 3 red bulls crazy
@@SangosEvilTwin They have teas you know
@@SangosEvilTwin caffeine gummies? Caffeine powder that you can put in nearly whatever?
yeah I work at a panera as well and the amount of times you here someone in our drive through ask for a charged lemonade and some employees warn them about their caffeine content and describe it "as much as an energy drink" probably 30-40% of people then decide to change their mind. But not every co worker does this. It shows how much out customers know about our food
Do you do the same when they order the Dark Roast Blend?
I feel like this is the one theory MatPat is horrified has been proven true
Fun fact: Panera pushed the law to require calorie counts, since other restaurants hid it. This is a similar situation. Eventually it’ll be pushed for everyone to be transparent, through example of how it starts the conversation on how we consume food.
this is actually scary, i didnt know about the caffeine content here and my ADHD meds make it so its not safe for me to regularly consume caffeine while taking said meds. I didnt think twice about what a charged lemonade was, and loved the strawberry mint one. Low key scared what could've happened if i drank them more regularly instead of like a monthly treat
Same I take meds for ADHD and anxiety when I go to Panera I usually get like 2 of the regular change lemonade now that I saw this I probably still will 😂😅 but definitely be careful and only have one a month😅😂
I take ADHD meds too
It's super scary. It's incredibly common for many medical conditions and medications to recommend against consuming caffeine. Pregnant women could miscarry, cause a preterm birth, or cause severe medical conditions to the baby.
Accidentally took my meds right after having a grande mocha from Starbucks… never again. My bones felt like they were vibrating out of my body.
Crap bro I took my adhd meds with prime the other day
My grandmother was really sensitive to caffeine. She went to the hospital a few times when someone at a restaurant goofed up the decaffeinated coffee. A warning may be a good idea.
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decaff still has caffeine, just less of it. Still it is indeed common for restaurants to not care if it really is decaff
So was grandma cleaning her house and moving furniture all in one day 😂
@@CountryCarReviews if you read the comment youd know she ended up in hospital think twice before putting a comment on TH-cam 😂
I am really sensitive to caffeine and so I check and double check any beverage I drink. I know that restaurant workers get a little miffed when I ask if they really did give me decaf, but I don't like feeling like I am having a heart attack or stroke. If I even think they gave me the wrong order I have to toss it. It is also extremely difficult to find decaffeinated beverages at most restaurants, which means half the time I can't even drink any thing they serve except water.
So sad she didn’t get to see your video before she lost her life to this drink 😭 I had no idea the dangerous amounts of caffeine they contain!
There was a 99.9% chance she was never gonna see this video worldwide (and that's recent). I hope Panera gets sued into the floor
@@BIGTHANKSHEESH Exactly the reason why MatPat needs to take SSStalkerwolf's spot as the next big youtuber getting promoted on here
@@mollusckscramp4124 true that
If I were you I'd reword this comment because I know you weren't trying to be funny by it but people will think you're joking so just a heads up
@@jrhulkyolo2105 How does it come off as joking? :(
THIS is why I like your channel. Every TH-camr (especially those wanting to do this job full time), needs the views. So why not get the views for something good? I kind of view this as a public service I guess. This could end up helping this situation (hopefully) and may even save lives.
Yes! And it’s fun content to watch too
They ABSOLUTELY need to do more to label these. Deadly or not, a lot of people live with anxiety disorder and other mental illnesses impacted by caffeine. The first time I tried one of these, I had no idea how much caffeine was in it and it gave me a straight up panic attack... and I work at a coffee shop so my tolerance is pretty high!
man exactly what i was thinking while watching this.. too much caffeine gives me panic attacks as well. it’s a lot for me to handle. i’m really glad i watched this video so i could have a bit more knowledge about this and not put myself in a dangerous position!!!
Yeah, I have adhd so caffine makes me very tired, even just a monster can make me fall asleep.
So it would be pretty dangerous if I were driving or just out and about-
Ok, but I'm guessing it does say so on thier site that lists all items. Now you want them to label each cup with what everything that goes into?
@@Ryan-re1rs No, but it's far more hidden than other energy drinks, as mentioned in the video.
@@Ryan-re1rs They don't put signage on the dispensers that their CHARGED Lemonades has 360 milligrams of caffeine a cup and compares them to Dark Roast coffee when a Dark Roast coffee only has 100 milligrams of caffeine tops!
My parents are hooked on these drinks because they have the Paneras sip club and they get it every day, and I've been warning them that it's not healthy for you to drink that much caffeine, and they just rub it off
Remind them that they're not getting younger and neither are their kidneys. These drinks can tear kidneys from within in YOUNG people from crystal buildup. Imagine how quickly it could send people your parents' age into rapid kidney failure.
They *shrug* it off. Not *rub* it off.
@@Nards_1997 They rub *one* off. Not rub it off.
@@shiota79 and then they Rub it off , not Rub it on
Yeah I stay away from these charged drinks....I just go with their iced green tea
When I had 1st joined the sips club I was in on charged lemonade but I had to take a break from all that borderline caffeine overload lol smh
aged horrifyingly well, that one.
This video was a huge wake up call for me. I haven't been to Panera in a hot minute but every time I went I would always get the lemonade, the same thing applying to almost restaurant I go to. I'm going to try to be more aware of my caffeine intake from now on and I'm going to be more careful. Thanks MatPat!!
I wouldn’t be leery of lemonade in general, but any drink that is “charged” probably has jacked up caffeine
the regular agave lemonade is fine, just the charged lemonades are caffeinated!
@@octo4679 tbh i used to work there n the amount of sugar in the lemonade is criminal as well
@@cthulu4774 tbh i work there currently and it’s definitely not that bad, especially compared to the charged lemonades because it’s not caffeinated.
@@octo4679 bro they aren't paying you to shill their drinks, 82 grams of sugar in a medium drink is absolutely criminal.
Just saw that a 21 year old lady died and Panera is being sued for the lemonade now. I immediately thought of watching this video months ago. Insane
Same
My girlfriend did the same thing and drank these lemonades not knowing just how much caffeine that was. She's a coffee addict, needs coffee every morning otherwise she gets migraines. But even she got heart palpitations and had an anxiety attack! That's insane! I take a fairly high dose of ADHD meds and have to be careful with how much caffeine I consume because of it. For those that don't know, ADHD meds target the same area of the brain as caffeine, which is why unmedicated ADHD people tend to function better while on caffeine. If I drank these without realizing just how much caffeine was in them, I very well could have some SEVERE side effects. Having something that potentially dangerous just.... THERE is kinda scary.
That sucks. Withdrawal symptoms from caffeine sucks. Most ingrained drug in our society, and also super addictive.
You should really try to get her to quit..caffeine is not good for the body especially when you're addicted to it! Quitting any addiction including caffeine tends to feel much better than being on it. My boyfriend was an alcoholic, drinking ever since he was a teen, I was his inspiration to quit; we can't physically see each other right now so it's been a struggle for him to stay off it (he has trouble coping with stress and stuff, just being with me helps him a ton which is how he quit; before we started dating he was depressed and suicidal, drinking to feel better)
@@testerwulf3357lolllllll no way you just related caffeine addiction to alcoholism 😂 caffeine has been around well before booze it has literally built this world up 😂 I use the things god put on this earth to make my life better
@@AKBUTCHER0 oh wow. since god put cocaine on this earth, why don't you go snort some?
@@adamus4943 I have🤣 too spendy not enough results :/
YOU NEED TO DO A UPDATE SOMEONE ACTUALLY DIED AND THE FAMILY IS SUING PANERA
As a employee working at Panera, I have two things to say:
A: I nearly ALWAYS let adults know the amount of caffeine on the charged lemonades, because they don't always know.
B: Try Strawberry Lemon Mint (Charged Lemonade) with Sprite, (1/2 and 1/2). It's delicious!
EDIT: I also have to add, some parent let their KIDS drink the charged Lemonades. Yikes.
@Zis co bruh
@@DiscoburgerLime just report them.
Sprite? Don’t you mean… Sierra Mist?!?
@@official-obama what’s that gonna do?
I bet the kids were literally bouncing off the walls
I remember seeing a tiktok where someone in the comments mentioned their Panera moved the charged lemonades behind the counter to limit refills, not cause of the drink costs but because people were doing what Sarah was doing and drinking 3+ in a sitting, not knowing how much they were consuming, and that was how I learned they were caffeinated at all. I think selling them is fine but like they either need to be counter restricted to enforce the serving size or there needs to be a more obvious warning placed on the drinks. They're technically not sneaking it in since they list the caffeine amount but like how many people have no clue HOW caffeinated they really are? Three times the amount of caffeine as what you find in a monster energy drink and they only noticeable distinction from the other lemonades Panera sells is that they have Charged in the name...
The problem with that "solution" is now that it's behind the counter, a customer cannot see the caffeine amount. How do I know this? I just literally got an charged lemonade from Panera and it was behind the counter. Majority of American have vision problems the expectation that now you can still see that small font is absurd. For me, I had half a lemonade and decided nope (I got the large).
@@lifeguardpanda They could just put it on a menu sign at the counter.
That sneaking caffeine into foods to subtly cause addiction thing is one of the few times I think I can be happy about my ADHD; caffeine literally does nothing for me until I have enough to cause discomfort.
For me caffeine does the complete opposite, it just makes me mellow out lol
( also due to adhd )
i have adhd and it does the same thing as my meds but not as extreme. helps me focus and get stuff done
I drank 2 of these and You could come up to me and ask me a question but the answer you'll get is something along the lines of "uff jakg skkwon mu."
For some reason, high amounts of caffeine make me tired. Some people have said it’s because of my adhd but I’m not sure
It’s insane that they didn’t disclose the caffeine in a more attention grabbing way considering so many people have health problems and can’t have caffeine. Or what if a pregnant mother stopped in for a few cups of that a day?
Already a lady died recently
She had a heart condition and didn't know it had caffeine
So, I was at Panera with my dad, and we came across the strawberry mint lemonade. It was around 9:00 PM and I was practically falling asleep in the car if I remember correctly. Anyways, he got it for me thinking nothing of it since it’s a strawberry lemonade, which is usually fine. While I’m drinking it, I feel slightly energized. I brush it off and blame it on the TV, since I watch TV while eating. I also feel a odd pain in my leg. Fast forward to around 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM. I’m on my way to sleep, when the pain in my leg returns. I feel springy and energetic, so I tell my dad. Usually at this time, I’d be surrendering to sleep, but this time no. I tell my dad, and he checks the ingredients. He is subtly pissed off as he tells me that it’s caffeinated. Both me and him agree I’m too young for it as I try to fall asleep. I ended up staying up super late and my body was in pain. This is an experience I’ve had. Just wanted to mention it. Main focus: Don’t drink it if you’re still growing, or just in general. Don’t.
Edit: I’ve never gotten so much likes 😱
Edit 2: my phone’s been blowing up lol
How old are you? This doesn’t have insane amounts of caffeine, the energy drink I use to get through my night shifts has like 240 mg.
If your an older teen it shouldn’t effect you all that much unless you are sensitive to caffeine. If you are younger then yeah you are probably too young for it
This happened when I was an early pre-teen
I’ll drink it rn lol
I find it endearing that you told your dad about it instead of watching cartoons all night
@@LordHedgehog …
I had no idea that the refreshers at starbucks had caffeine, I've been getting them for a while and never saw anywhere that they were caffeinated. I've avoided caffeine my entire life and never have had coffee because I get easily addicted, but apparently I was drinking it without even knowing. It doesn't even say in the description of the drink that it has caffeine, you have to go to the nutrition facts which is on a different page.
The refreshers are sold as energy drinks in gas stations.. That was the only way I knew other than seeing green tea as an ingredient.
me too, i have been getting strawberry coconut on my breaks at work and i noticed i always feel so much happier after i drink them, thought it was cause after break my shift is almost over.. turns out it was drugs 💀
I wouldn’t have known either, but I do assume anything at Starbucks has caffeine, even if I look at those teas and stuff and assume I’m crazy and conspiring for labeling it with caffeine
i do work at starbucks so i am very biased, but the drink descriptions only describe flavor. also, idk if it’s this way anymore but they used to be marketed as a refreshing drink made from green coffee beans.
@@Evie0h any tea that isn’t herbal will have caffeine in it
As a former employee of Panera (recently) I was learning how to make the charged lemonade and my manager told me that the first week mango charged lemonade was added to the menu he drank a large cup of it and suddenly lost his sight and collapsed also one of the cooks and og at the Panera used to drink these charged lemonade everyday the big cups and one day he did his normal routine and in the morning he felt light headed and his body was shaking. No joke coffee and charged lemonade is dangerous people and it’s sad that parents let there kids drink this poison aswell
i learned the caffeine content in those lemonades the hard way, i drank a large one at 11:30 at night not knowing the staggering amount of caffeine, i couldn't fall asleep till 5 a.m. so thank you for making this video and letting people know
I know you didn’t mean for it to be a time stamp but I clicked it and it just showed me Jesus lol
sounds like me daily sleep cycle lol
Are rich people really this dumb? They really need a TH-cam video to tell them that “charged” means “full of caffeine?”
@@Profeshinal same lmao
Genuinely didn't know Starbucks refreshers had caffeine in them until this video. I don't get them often, and I only ever get the small size, but that's still mind-blowing to me. Especially as someone who IS sensitive to caffeine and has to be careful about having too much.
They contain green coffee beans! But they have much less caffein than coffee. They arent comparable with panera. Panera lemonade wouldnt be legal here in the EU! That stuff is way over the legal limit here for coffeinated limonade.
Same
I have learned to always ASK
Well, sadly this video had some truth to it as a 21 year old UPenn student died after drinking this and her family is currently suing Panera.
Rest in peace Sarah Katz. Thoughts and prayers to her friends and families ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
Prayers that her family win the suit
They definitely will
It's a false advertising which killed a person
The issue with the label is it also says it says "as much caffeine as our Dark Roast coffee". Which to me if I read that would imply it having the same amount as the dark roast period. It's true (kinda) depending on what size you get, but if you get the biggest size it's way more (the largest coffee is similar amount to the small lemonade size). I've also noticed there are a couple of other drinks that have a high amount of caffeine as well other than these lemonades and coffees at Panera. So at this point I'm thinking the lowest caffeine drinks they have are the soda, or tea.
I saw that when it first came out, and was rather shocked at the caffeine content. I would have loved to try the flavours, but that much would make me hideously sick--I'm super sensitive to caffeine. Three cups of tea, and I'll get sick.
Get tea that has no caffeine in it then
@@gabrielkawa3477 Like peppermint tea, that stuff's delicious.
So do you drink like Rooibos, chamomile and mint teas instead?
@@clarehidalgo I'll have a cup of Earl Grey, and then I go for herbal tisanes, yeah.
Wife suggested we do panera for lunch today, and I immediately thought of this video. We both decided to get the charged Mango Yuzu Citrus to see what the big deal was. Oh boy this could be dangerous, because they are really good, and I could totally see myself drinking more than one of these.
I coincidentally saw this video in my recommended about a week ago and was planning to watch it later. I don't even eat or drink food not made by myself (due to my severe health condition), but it's also morbidly interesting to me how unhealthy famous products like this are.
But after seeing that death about that college student in the news from yesterday, I'm watching this now with a very different mindset...
As an ex Panera employee- Ive always been a little bit skeptical about the charges lemonades. For some context: I quit my job as a cashier/barista/baker in March of this year because the work environment was just too nasty. I had been there for almost two years. I feel as if I have reason to give some dirt on this establishment. When they introduced the charged lemonades, at first I thought nothing of it and that it was just only slightly caffeinated. They literally put it right next to the sodas and the other bubbler drinks. Of course, knowing it was caffeinated I never recommended that kids try it. They made these “lemonades” look just like the other teas and other bubbler drinks. And so that’s why I think I would still see children as young as like- 6 sitting down with their families and drinking these. They make the colors look all fun and bright and pretty too which doesn’t help when kids are easily attracted to bright colors. They probably just think it’s juice and nothing more of it. While it is important that parents look at the labels they make it almost impossible to see the caffeine amount and really only show the calorie count. At the Panera I worked at, they eventually moved the 3 bubblers with these lemonades to the barista counter and we’d actually have to get these for guests ourselves. Maybe this was to make it known that these are caffeinated drinks but GOOD GOD the amount of caffeine in these is higher than ANYTHING we’d be making behind that counter. I would also like to add that out of my time working there, and when the charged lemonades were available- not ONCE did I ever actually witness them making these drinks. They would always just be filled up and never run out. It was bizarre.
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To add to this, every single can of monster has a "Do not consume more than one can of Monster a day" warning on it (at least in Canada). I've got an "Ultra Gold" sitting right in front of me right now.
I have a 24oz bottle. Does that only apply to the 16oz?
Now that lemonade has recently killed a man his 40s in Florida.
Breaking news a man in Florida died after drinking too much charged lemonade from Panera their family is suing Panera bread.
Thanks for the heads up. I'm really sensitive to caffeine, I've had anxiety attacks after drinking a cup of coffee because it makes my heart race. If I had this lemonade it probably be a huge issue.
Same for me.
Same!! People don’t believe how sensitive I am to it. I kind of want to try it but I’m afraid
heres the thing, the whole thing has that amount of caffeine so if you take a couple sips it PROBABLY wont be too bad
Weirdly I thought it was extremely obvious that the charged lemonades were high caffiene, but I’m also not a frequent panera visitor so everything looked new to me.
Yea like its obviously written in your face, doesn't take a genius to figure out that 260mg is a lot
I felt it was pretty obvious too, trying to make it sound like a super sneaky thing feels weird to me. There was a lot of good information for people in this video, but the unneeded villain of the drink to drive the point across felt bad. Could of just made it like, this is probably irresponsible, here's why, not how tricky having signs in front of you that your going to ignore because reasons...
Not everyone pays attention, but signs exist for a reason... like the closed sign i try and hang in the widow on the entry door... only to be beckoned over by someone still trying to buy stuff.
Caffeine is what it is, people that missed that train for whatever reason, hopefully can be brought up to speed. If you plan on putting stuff in your body, you should generally try and pay attention to what it is. This bottle says sprite.. but it smelt like raw sewage, ah, its says sprite so I'm gonna drink it..
Be mindful, read labels, think a bit with your actions, and always remember accidents happen. Just because it should be a certain way doesn't mean it can't have issues. Use your perception and critical thinking, don't just "oh well" a situation without accepting your okay with what happens.
Alright, late night rambling comment done, fall asleep time!
If we need to make Panera Bread a bad guy, there are a lot of other ways other than yelling at them for "tricking" us with a caffeinated lemonade that has a sign hanging in extreme sight stating the amount of caffeine in said drink.
Yeah, I can back this up. At our meeting when these "lemonades" were released, we were actually told to let parents know that their kids couldn't have any. So while we are technically abiding by the law, I will bring this up with my GM when I see him next. Hopefully it sticks.
Signed, a Panera dishwasher.
December 2023 another person has just died from cardiac arrest after having 3 lemonades. Panera denied their drink had anything to do with it. SMH Matt it’s unfortunate how right you have been.
worked at panera when these first came out, anyone was allowed to have these, no prior warning. i would sometimes have to stop parents and let them know that their kid is about to drink heart failure
Thank you for informing people of the risks of over consumption of caffeine. I remember talking to a teenager who was SUPER jittery to the point where it was concerning me. He explained to me while we were talking that he had drank two big energy drinks in two hours. I then politely said to be careful because caffeine overdose is a real thing. We really don't think about what it can do to us because it is really everywhere in America, but it is something we should be aware of.
Caffeine overdoses happen at about 10 grams of caffeine , that's about 62.5 regular sized monsters that you need to drink without your liver or kidneys processing the caffeine, suffice to say it's really hard to overdose on caffeine, you'd be more likely to suffer cardiac arrest before you manage to overdose on caffeine
Hey Panera employee here... Please enjoy this actual line of dialogue that happened because of corporate's inability to properly label their beverages...
Me: would you like a drink with that?
ELDERLY customer: yes I'd like to try one of those charged lemonades
Me: certainly, but I do want to warn you those are highly caffeinated...
EC: Oh don't worry I have sweet tea every night before I go to bed and the caffeine in that doesn't bother me.
Me: ma'am I don't think you understand, the regular has over 200 mg of caffeine... This is the kind of stuff that college students used to pull all-nighters studying for finals.
Ec: ....
Me: 😅
Ec: it's just lemonade though?
Me: highly caffeinated lemonade, yes.
Ec: I think I'll have an iced tea
Me: excellent choice ma'am will this be for here to go?
that interaction must of been GOLD, wish I was there or could of seen a recording🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Media needs to take videos like this seriously. This came out 11 months ago and there have been 2 deaths and a lawsuit that is very new. If more people had written or spoke on TV or newspapers or journals about this then all this stuff could have been prevented sooner.
I've been a Sips Club member for over a year (when I signed up with a 90 day trial, it was MyPanera Coffee and was good only on hot coffee and tea). I remember when they changed it to include cold drinks and I started getting emails about the Charged Lemonades. They never appealed to me because I never cared for sweet drinks. Good thing, as I was warned that I'm at risk for diabetes and have borderline hypertension. Getting old sucks. 😆 I just stick with the iced coffee, unsweetened iced tea, or hot coffee.
Makes me wonder what was in those Pina Colada Freezes years ago at Taco Bell. I remember literally walking for 2 hours to buy a couple, multiple times a week. I was joking they had cocaine in them to everyone I knew.
About had a meltdown when they stopped making them and I still get a rush just thinking about them.
Very likely that those had caffeine too. From what I could tell, all their Freezes do/did.
I THOUGHT THOSE THINGS WERE A FEVER DREAM, SOOOO GOOD 😭😭
I think thats callled adiction
I had one of those with a snickers bar and I didn't sleep that night
Pepsi owns Taco bell and pepsi is the caffine pusher. Mountain Dew has the most caffine of any regular soft drink. A;ll other companies that lwnonline s[rite/7 u[ have no caffine but Seirrra mist has some caffine. Mountain has more caffine than surge energy drink.
Being someone that caffeine sent me to the hospital. I can definitely say caffeine if not consumed moderately, can be a horrifying experience. I can’t imagine what could have happened to me, if I wasn’t as healthy as i am.
Even if I wasn’t going to die, I definitely felt like it. My body was shutting down. Making me terrified to go to sleep.
As someone who also once had to go to the hospital for too much caffeine- I feel that. It was such an awful feeling and I was so tired but so scared of going to sleep. It’s absolutely horrifying to see all these Panera workers commenting saying that “as soon as they found out, they told everyone”, implying Panera has not been upfront at all with anyone about how dangerous these lemonades are.
Same, I had to go to the hospital once bc of caffeine overdose. It was not fun. I felt like my stomach was bleeding!
She didn't claim it was illegal, she said it SHOULD be illegal, and I agree with her.
Drinks that have dangerous amounts of chemical in them like caffeine should be carefully labelled and marketed.
I have issues with caffeine. So thank you for letting me know not to touch this stuff, Matpat!
I have issues with some ingredients also... I dont rely on others to tell me about it because im not a child. I take the 10 seconds to look up what is in the thing im putting in my body, you know, like an adult that isnt a lazy sack that wants to find drama anywhere I can to amuse my stunted mind.
@@thomgizziz wdnc
@@thomgizziz 🤓
@@thomgizziz 🤓🤓
@@thomgizziz i do research too, but I'm counting this as research.
1:42 …I hope she’s ok. I thought she was just angry, but if there is that much caffeine in it (I just started watching this, so I don’t know the conclusion), then I hope she’s ok. Even if she isn’t dying, I’ve had way too much caffeine before, and it is NOT a good feeling. I hope others who were drinking that, and not expecting that level of caffeine, I hope they were ok, cause having too much caffeine, especially when you don’t expect it, it can be REALLY scary