Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and was not aware of the drink’s caffeine content, which exceeded that of cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined, according to a legal filing

  • @[email protected]
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    381 year ago

    This new trend of soda that’s made of cane sugar and natural coloring is pretty stupid. It’s still a ton of calories and acid on your teeth. At Chipotle, cava, Panera, I’ll get sparkling water out of the Sprite tap and then flavor with a dash of whatever nu soda they have.

    Panera, I feel, is 100% at fault here for trying to make soda and apparently ENERGY DRINKS seem innocuous and healthy.

    • SeaJ
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      381 year ago

      Isn’t all soda essentially just sugar and food coloring?

    • @breadsmasher
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      71 year ago

      why does the sprite tap have sparkling water and not sprite?

      • czech
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        141 year ago

        Sprite is “sparkling water” plus syrup. There’s usually a second button on lemonade and lemon-lime soda which holds the syrup.

        • @Number1SummerJam
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          1 year ago

          If restaurants just served sparkling water or mineral water I would be way more inclined to order drinks. But nooo, we have to have a society that normalizes liquid candy and alcohol 🥴

            • @KnightontheSun
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              11 year ago

              Classic sit down restaurants, yes. I’ve never seen it in a fast food restaurant.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                “Do you have the button on the Sprite that leyd you get just soda water?”

                “What? You want water?”

                “Sparkling water, from the sprite fountain”

                “So… Sprite?”

                “No, I can see it from here, you know how you get water for water cups from the lemonade one? The Sprite has one of those extra buttons too.”

                “I have to charge you for Sprite, you should just get a Sprite.”

                “Look the line is backing up, can I just Sprite with no syrup please, I’ll pay for a soda.”

                “I guess so…? I have to ask the manager.”

                😫

                • @grue
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                  31 year ago

                  Frankly, I’d totally count it as free like the regular water, at least if the soda fountain is self-serve.

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            11 year ago

            Most do have it if they have a soda fountain. You might have to ask for it. You’re right that it’s not normalized, so you might have to ask for it, but I always served sparkling water on request, and that’s in a fairly rural town in South Dakota.

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                11 year ago

                I’ve heard people say this, but I never saw anything that would deter me. We always cleaned and sanitized the machines very well, and personally I never had a problem with the flavor

        • @Buddahriffic
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          111 year ago

          A lot of the fountain machines I’ve used also have a soda water secondary option on one of the drinks. There’s usually a plain water one, too.

          • @SheeEttin
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            61 year ago

            I’ve seen plain (still) water, never sparkling water. Maybe it’s regional. Very few people in the US drink plain sparkling water.

            • LinkOpensChest.wav
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              I’ve worked at several restaurants here in the US, and they all had both sparkling and still water from the fountain

              You also might be surprised by how many guests would order sparkling water

            • czech
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              41 year ago

              I was referring to the “soda water” as “sparkling water” per the OP. I don’t really know what the difference is tbh.

              • @Buddahriffic
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                11 year ago

                I don’t think there is a difference, though I could be wrong. Soda water is just water and carbonic acid. Sparkling water I’ve tried tasted like that plus some fruit flavouring but no sugar, so I’ve assumed that plain sparkling water is just soda water.

              • QuinceDaPence
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                11 year ago

                They’re the same thing.

                But at least in some regions of the US it’s extremely unpopular. I’ve never seen a soda fountain with a button for soda/sparkling/carbonated water. The only way you get that is if one of the sodas is out of syrup.

            • @CoggyMcFee
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              21 year ago

              I live in the US and get sparkling water from the beverage fountain frequently. It’s usually there as a separate little lever on one of the sodas. Maybe you just aren’t noticing it. I’ve found it to be pretty common.

            • Very_Bad_Janet
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              I agree it may be regional. Seltzer is very popular in NYC, where I am. I once overhead flight attendants on a flight discussing how much seltzer they had to have on hand because they were headed to NYC.

        • @breadsmasher
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          11 year ago

          oh Ive never seen it served that way. Thanks

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      "This new trend "

      It’s not really new. It’s that the cane sugar sodas cost more to make, which means cost more to buy. You can taste the difference, but you have to actually care to be willing to pay the increased price.

      Jones has always done it. Coca Cola used to release it “Mexican Coca Cola” in my area every few months at $3/bottle.