Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 19 · Too Much Sugar? Read the Label
Audio track 19
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A sweet drink has a label on the package. It shows the serving size and the number of grams of sugar.
“Total sugar” includes sugar that is naturally in fruit or milk. “Added sugar” means sugar added when the food is made.
Read the whole label, not only one number. The ingredient list and the amount in one serving can help you compare two products.
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Chinese translation
一瓶甜饮料的包装上有食品标签。上面标明了每份的容量，以及其中含有多少克糖。
‘总糖’包含水果或牛奶中天然存在的糖。‘添加糖’则指制作食品时额外加入的糖。
读标签时不要只盯一个数字。配料表和每份的容量，可以帮助你比较两种产品。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- label
- 标签；标示。
- package
- 包装；容器。也可作动词‘包装’。
- serving
- 每份食用量；食品标签上标示的标准份量。
- gram
- 克；重量单位。
- sugar
- 糖；砂糖。
- total
- 总计的；全部的。
- naturally
- 自然地；原本就有的。
- added sugar
- 添加糖；食品加工时额外加入的糖。
- ingredient
- 配料；原材料。
- product
- 产品；商品。
Background notes (Chinese)
营养标签上的数值未必代表一整瓶或一整盒的含量，先看清‘每份’是多少。天然存在于水果、牛奶中的糖和生产时添加的糖，可能被分别列出。不同国家的标签规定也不一样。
资料来源：U.S. FDA, Added Sugars on the Nutrition Facts Label。