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江苏省2020年高考英语全真模拟试卷九
Supermarket packaging often contains common English words that are oddly confusing. Here's what you need to know to safeguard your health.
Imitation
A food that simulates another food but isn't made of the same stuff is an imitation, right? Not quite. It should be labeled imitation only if it has a lower amount of protein or some other essential nutrient than the food it's copying.
Free
Packages bearing the words fat-, sugar-, or sodium-free may still contain trace amounts of those substances. The FDA evaluates these terms according to a typical portionsize known as an RACC(reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion). An RACC of eggnog, for example, is a half cup, and for croutons, it's 7 g. To be labeled free of calories, a food should have fewer than 5 calories per RACC; to qualify as fat- or sugarfree, less than 0.5 g per RACC; and to be labeled sodium-free, fewer than 5 mg per RACC.
Reduced/Less
Don't be fooled: Just because a product claims to have reduced fat or to contain less sugar doesn't mean it's low in the stuff you should avoid in excess(过量). Such terms just mean the amount is lower than usual; the food might not meet the standard for low at all. These phrases indicate a relational claim compared with a reference food. The reduced substance(for example, total fat, sugar, etc.) should be at least 25 percent less per RACC than the amount in an appropriate reference food.
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