2026年4月24日 美国东部时间下午3:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：梅根·塞鲁洛
梅根·塞鲁洛是哥伦比亚广播公司财经频道驻纽约记者，报道小企业、职场、医疗保健、消费支出和个人理财话题。她经常亮相哥伦比亚广播公司24小时新闻频道讨论其报道内容。
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据针对该零售商提起的一起新诉讼显示，一些乔氏超市的咖啡消费者因未获得足量咖啡因而感到愤怒。
周四在加州提起的集体诉讼中，顾客指控乔氏超市对其法式烘焙低酸全豆咖啡进行误导性宣传，让消费者误以为这款咖啡的咖啡因含量高于实际水平。
四名购买了这款在全美乔氏超市门店销售的咖啡的原告指控，这家杂货零售商未披露该产品的咖啡因含量低于普通咖啡产品。
原告指控乔氏超市未标明低咖啡因属性，存在虚假宣传。 乔氏超市
原告方律师称，行业惯例是只有当“采用了某种工艺降低咖啡中的咖啡因含量”时，才会标注产品的咖啡因含量。
诉讼文件中写道：“例如，全咖啡因咖啡不会有任何特殊标签表明其为全咖啡因咖啡，但‘脱因咖啡’和‘半脱因咖啡’会进行相应标注。”
诉讼称，检测结果显示这款法式烘焙低酸咖啡的咖啡因含量仅为普通混合咖啡的一半，但并未进行相应标注，导致消费者“误以为该产品是全咖啡因咖啡而购买，实则并非如此”。
乔氏超市未立即回应哥伦比亚广播公司新闻就该诉讼置评的请求。
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诉讼称，消费者依赖咖啡因来支撑工作和日常生活。
诉讼文件中写道：“咖啡饮用者依靠其中的咖啡因来获取度过一天所需的能量，这已是老生常谈。因此，咖啡混合饮品中的咖啡因含量会影响消费者的购买决定。”
诉讼补充道，对于普通咖啡饮用者来说，低咖啡因饮品无法满足他们的需求。如果他们选择购买“半脱因”产品，通常会支付更低的价格。
根据诉讼文件，原告要求获得损害赔偿，并要求乔氏超市停止通过误导性营销销售该产品。
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Trader Joe’s customers sue over coffee’s caffeine levels
April 24, 2026 3:27 PM EDT / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Some Trader Joe’s coffee drinkers are angry they didn’t get their caffeine fix, according to a new lawsuit filed against the retailer.
Customers allege in a class-action lawsuit filed in California on Thursday that Trader Joe’s deceptively advertised its French Roast Low Acid whole bean coffee, leading them to believe it contained more caffeine than it did.
Four plaintiffs who purchased the Trader Joe’s coffee product, sold at the retailer’s stores across the country, allege the grocer failed to disclose that the product contained less caffeine than typical coffee products.
Plaintiffs allege Trader Joe’s falsely advertised its coffee by not indicating low caffeine content. Trader Joe’s
It is common practice, attorneys for the plaintiffs claim, to indicate a coffee product’s caffeine content only when “some process is used to reduce the amount of caffeine contained therein.”
“For example, full caffeinated coffee does not have any special labeling denoting that it is fully caffeinated, but ‘decaf’ and ‘half-caff’ coffees are labelled as such,” the suit states.
While testing shows that the French Roast Low Acid coffee contained half the caffeine of a regular blend, it was not labeled accordingly, the suit claims, leading consumers to “purchase the product believing that it is fully caffeinated when it is not.”
Trader Joe’s did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment on the lawsuit.
Seeking damages
The suit claims that consumers rely on caffeine to fuel their work and personal lives.
“It is so common that it is now cliché that coffee drinkers depend on the caffeine contained therein to provide them with the energy they need to get through the day. Accordingly, the amount of caffeine in a coffee blend affects a consumer’s purchasing decision,” the suit states.
A low-caffeine drink would not suffice for regular coffee drinkers, it adds. If they did choose to purchase a “half-caff” product, they would pay less for it, the lawsuit states.
Plaintiffs are seeking damages and for Trader Joe’s to stop selling the product through misleading marketing, according to the lawsuit.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
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