Results: Florida brewery faces backlash for its 'Epi Pen' peanut-flavoured beer

A brewery in Florida is facing backlash over its peanut-flavoured beer. Not because of the ingredients or the flavour, but because of its name: Epi Pen Peanut Butter Ale. Do you suffer from any serious life threatening allergies?

"Calling a beer 'Epi-Pen,' especially if it's peanut-flavoured, is absurd and insensitive. It downplays the life-saving role of EpiPens," the Elijah-Alavi Foundation wrote in a post on X. The foundation is run by the family of Elijah Silvera, a three-year-old boy who died of an allergic reaction to a dairy product in 2017. Do you think the name of the beer is insensitive?

They're not the first company to come under fire for making light of food allergies. Earlier this year, Uber Eats removed a scene from its Super Bowl ad that depicted a man having an allergic reaction to peanut butter, following backlash from some consumers and food allergy advocates and food allergies are often the butt of jokes in media and movies.Research shows that making fun of any medical condition is dangerous because it diminishes its perceived seriousness. Do you think food allergies are taken seriously in the media?