可口可樂公司推出Coca—Cola Life 綠色可樂

Coca-Cola has launched its first major new Cola in nearly a decade： Coca-Cola Life. It comes in a green can， with a small leaf logo， and promises to be much healthier than standard Coke.

可口可樂公司推出近十年來第一種主要新型產品：可口可樂生命。它包裝在綠色的罐子里，上有小樹葉標志。公司承諾，它比標準的可樂要健康得多。

A 330ml can has 89 calories—a third less than the 129 found in standard Coke. That is because， alongside sugar， it also uses stevia leaf extract from the stevia plant. This naturally very sweet plant contains zero calories. The company hopes that many consumers will not be able to tell the difference between the “green Coke” and the normal Coke.

330毫升飲料中含有89卡路里——與標準可口可樂相比少了三分之一。這是因為除糖外，它還使用了從甜葉菊植株上提取的樹葉。這種天然的甜味植株不含卡路里。可口可樂公司希望，許多消費者不能區分“綠色的可樂”和普通的可樂。

James Quincey at Coca-Cola Europe says， “With Coca-Cola Life， we have innovated to provide consumers with a new option with fewer calories. It complements our existing brands and is well-positioned to meet changing lifestyle trends， providing people with a great-tasting， lower calorie cola sweetened from natural sources.”

可口可樂歐洲公司的詹姆斯·昆西說：“通過可口可樂生命，我們創新性地向消費者提供了低卡路里的新選擇。它是對我們現存品牌的補充，并且在迎合新生活方式的潮流中占據了先機。它向人們提供了口味佳、通過自然資源獲得甜味的低卡路里可樂?！?/p>

The company appears to brush over the fact that the sugar used in standard Coke in the UK is derived from either cane sugar or sugar beet—both natural sources， grown in fields.

可口可樂公司似乎忽視了一個事實，英國標準可口可樂中使用的糖是從蔗糖或者甜菜中提取的——它們都屬自然資源，也都生長在地里。

Also， Coca-Cola Life despite being lower calories still contains 22g of sugar—a quarter of an adult’s recommended daily allowance.

此外，即使可口可樂生命卡路里更低，但它仍含有22克糖——這是一個成年人每天建議攝入量的四分之一。

The Telegraph hit the streets of central London to find out whether consumers could tell Coca-Cola Life from the normal Coca-Cola， and which drink they preferred. In all， nearly thirty people undertook the taste test， with the majority， especially regular Coke consumers， able to spot they were different drinks.

英國《電訊報》在倫敦中心街頭進行了采訪，探究消費者能否區別可口可樂生命和普通可口可樂，以及他們更喜歡哪種口味。總共有近30人參與了測試，其中的大多數，尤其是可口可樂長期消費者，能夠發現它們是不同的飲料。

Vocabulary

launch v. 推出，發布（新產品）

alongside prep. 與……同時（存在、發生）

stevia n. 甜葉菊

calorie n. 卡，卡路里（熱量單位）

consumer n. 消費者；顧客；客戶

innovate v. 革新；創新；改革

option n. 可選擇的事物

complement v. 補足；補充

trend n. 規范；風尚；時尚

brush over 不重視；輕刷

derive from 由……起源；取自

recommended adj. 被推薦的

allowance n. 限額；定量

undertake v. 著手做；從事；承擔

spot v. 看到；發現；認出