Brewing Trader Joe's controversy: Customers allege they were misled about coffee's low caffeine

Coffee drinkers filed a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s, alleging their French Roast Low Acid whole bean coffee has significantly less caffeine than customers are led to believe.

Is your cup of Joe, just a cup for show?

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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.