The Peacock, Brewing Trader Joe's controversy: Customers allege they were misled about
coffee's low caffeine
Several coffee drinkers from around the country have filed a lawsuit on Thursday against grocery giant Trader Joe’s, alleging their store-branded French Roast Low Acid whole bean coffee has significantly less caffeine than customers are led to believe.
Tests on the coffee, plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, shows the product “contains half of the caffeine as a regular coffee blend.” They cite testing from competitors of Trade Joe’s that shows that the “Low Acid” coffee only has 51% of the caffeine of Trader Joe’s Dark French Roast coffee and 45% of the caffeine of Trader Joe’s House Blend coffee.
But because there is nothing on the label that indicates the lower caffeine levels, the suit says, “consumers purchase the Product believing that it is fully caffeinated when it is not.”
Don't cheat me out of my caffeine! I don't have to worry, though. The nearest Trader Joe's is 40 miles away, and we don't buy low acid coffee.
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