Family sued after Sarah Katz died last year after drinking Charged Lemonade, apparently unaware of soda’s high caffeine content

  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The thing is, and something I think folks aren’t figuring, is that most people are not going to be calculating by amounts like that. If you see a drink labeled as having as much caffeine as a cup of coffee, most folks are going to the serving size you are getting has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, not that it has the same amount of caffeine per fluid ounce - that the 30 oz lemonade has the same amount of caffeine as a 8 oz cup of coffee.

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      1 year ago

      I think we more or less agree. The comparison to coffee is valid per volume, but that’s not a mental math step you are likely to take if you’re not thinking about it very hard.