The clean label movement presents food makers with a challenge. Consumers want great products but with few if any artificial ingredients. It's difficult to meet those demands while controlling factors such as cost and shelf life. Take bread for example. A loaf of homemade bread has simple ingredients such as flour, water, salt and sugar. Since you made it yourself, you have control over your ingredients. The bread will stay fresh because it's usually eaten within a few days. But grocery store bread must stay fresh during long shipping and storage times.
So companies often put a chemical preservative in it. This keeps the bread fresh and prevents mold. While there's no solid evidence that preservatives are bad, many people don't like chemicals in their food. They want it to be natural, but the modern way of life, especially in cities, can make that difficult to achieve.
The clean label movement has convinced many food companies to think twice about how they make their products. And consumers need to compromise when it comes to preservatives because they make food safer to eat.
Info Cloud
pick your poison 兩難之間做出一個選擇。
Welcome to Info Cloud, friends. Anne Marie, you look like you're thinking about something. What's on your mind?
I'm thinking about what I want to do for dinner. Eating out is expensive. But cooking at home takes time. I don't know which to choose.
Sounds like you need to pick your poison.
Ah, that's a great phrase to teach today. Let's talk about it.
Poison is a substance that causes you to be sick or even kills you. Ingesting something poisonous always has a negative consequence.
The poison in this phrase represents two bad choices. Both of the options have a negative consequence.
Picking your poison means that you must choose between two bad options.
Here's an example. I don't like either of the candidates in this election, but I guess I have to pick my poison.
This idiom is also commonly used in the very specific situations of ordering drinks. When you order at a bar or restaurant, you might hear the bartender or waiter offer you options, then tell you to pick your poison.
Right now I'm not thinking about drinks. I'm thinking about dinner. I need to pick my poison and decide if I should eat out or cook.
有時候我們會遇到兩難的情況，像是出去吃飯太貴、在家煮飯太累，那你就必須 pick your poison，兩難之間做出一個選擇。這是一個很特別的流行語，poison是毒藥、pick是選擇，pick your poison 字面上就是選擇你的毒藥，用來形容在兩個不好的選擇當中，要做出一個決定。
I have to pick my poison when I vote this year. 我今年投票要選一個比較不那麼差的候選人，但其實都不好。這個用語也可以在酒吧裡面使用，當你點飲料的時候，調酒師可能會請你 pick your poison 選一杯你要的酒。
Language Lab
demand n.要求 (非常堅持的要求)
a forceful statement in which you say that something must be done or given to you
- It is not easy working in the customer service department because customers’ demands need to be handled very quickly and delicately.
要在客服部工作很不容易，因為顧客的要求要很迅速又很小心地處理。
- When the king chose to ignore the demands of his people, the people rose up and gathered in front of the royal castle.
當國王選擇不理會人民的要求，人們就起來到皇家城堡前面聚集。
demand n. 需求
a forceful statement in which you say that somethe ability and need or desire to buy goods and serviceshing must be done or given to you
- Since it is not the Christmas season, there is little demand for evergreen trees.
因為現在不是聖誕節的期間，所以長青樹就很少有人要買。
demand v. 強力的要求
to say in a forceful way that something must be done or given to you : to say that you have a right to (something)
- The workers are demanding for a higher pay.
工人強烈要求薪水要調高。
storage n. 儲藏、儲存
space where you put things when they are not being used
- Since there was nothing for the interns to do, they were asked to help clean out the storage room.
實習生既然沒有事情做，就被請去清出儲藏室。
- Marcus needs to stop buying things because he is running out of storage space.
Marcus 不能再買東西了，因為他已經沒有多少儲存空間。
store n. 商店
a building or room where things are sold
- I bought something at the store.
我在店裡買了東西。
store v. 儲藏、儲存
to put (something that is not being used) in a place where it is available, where it can be kept safely, etc.
- I need to find a place to store all my camping equipment.
我需要找一個地方好儲存我露營要用的裝備。
mold n. (發霉的)霉
a soft substance that grows on the surface of damp or rotting things
- Evelyn picked up an orange and found some mold on it.
Evelyn 拿起一棵柳丁，結果發現上面發霉。
- Don’t leave that piece of bread on the table, put it away or mold will grow on it.
不要把麵包留在桌上，要收好，不然會發霉。
moldy adj.一個東西發了霉
covered with mold
- I know the cake is fine, but the food coloring makes it look moldy.
我知道蛋糕沒問題，但試用的食品色素讓它看起來好像發霉了。
- If you have a moldy piece of fruit, you should just throw the whole thing away.
如果水果有一塊發霉，就乾脆把整顆丟掉。
compromise v. 妥協、讓步
to give up something that you want in order to reach an agreement : to settle differences by means of a compromise
- Robert is very stubborn and refuses to compromise.
Robert 非常地倔強，完全不肯妥協。
- After arguing for several hours, Mr. and Mrs. Lee finally agreed to compromise.
李先生跟李太太爭吵了好幾個小時後，終於願意妥協。
compromise v. 違背、降低標準
to damage (your reputation, integrity, etc.) by doing something that causes people to lose respect for you
- Business has been hard, but the company refuses to compromise its standards.
生意雖然很難做，但是公司還是堅持不降低它的標準。
compromise n. 和解、妥協
something that combines the qualities of two different things — often + between
- The two countries have been in conflict for a very long time, but they have finally reached a compromise.
這兩國之間的紛爭很久，但是終於達成和解。
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