麦当劳因香草冰激凌不含香草被起诉
近日，麦当劳等诸多品牌大佬被指控欺骗消费者。在其产品的成分表中暗示有香草成分，但其实他们使用的并非天然的香草香精，而是香草味的工业合成香精。
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Lawyer launches court fight over fake vanilla in food and drink... but McDonald's hits back, insisting it's a 'flavour' and people don't expect the real thing
Daily Mail
Food and drink products labelled as vanilla when they do not use actual vanilla beans could be in hot water.
New York lawyer Spencer Sheehan has filed more than 100 lawsuits against household names such as McDonald’s and Dr Pepper over items from soda drinks and ice cream to milk.
Mr Sheehan compared real vanilla to a Chanel handbag and the alternatives to knock-offs.
McDonald’s lawyers maintain that vanilla is a flavour, much like rocky road or tutti frutti.
Several other firms have also defended the claims by saying customers do not expect actual vanilla in their vanilla soy milk or flavoured Greek yoghurt as long as it tastes like the real thing.
But Mr Sheehan said: ‘Just because you can’t tell the difference between something real and something fake, that doesn’t make it OK.’
The same lawyer has sued firms in the past for making the Portuguese sweet bread known as Hawaiian rolls outside of the Pacific Island and over ‘carrot-cake doughnuts’ that do not come from real carrots.
Mr Sheehan told the Wall Street Journal that the lawsuits started in 2019 after he saw the can of root beer with the words, ‘Made with aged vanilla’.
He said: ‘I looked at it and said, “Yeah, I don’t think it’s correct, or completely truthful”.’
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Lawyer launches court fight over fake vanilla in food and drink... but McDonald's hits back, insisting it's a 'flavour' and people don't expect the real thing
Daily Mail
Food and drink products labelled as vanilla when they do not use actual vanilla beans could be in hot water.
“香草”食品和饮料如果没有使用真正的香草豆，可能会陷入困境。
vanilla
vanilla /vəˈnɪlə/ 表示“（用于给食物调味的）香子兰精，香草精”，英文解释为“a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant, used to give flavour to sweet foods”如：vanilla ice cream/yogurt 香草冰激凌/酸奶。
in hot water
表示“陷入困境；惹上麻烦”，英文解释为“to be in or get into a difficult situation in which you are in danger of being criticized or punished”举个🌰：
He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.
他发现自己针对移民事务发表的那些言论给自己惹上了麻烦。
New York lawyer Spencer Sheehan has filed more than 100 lawsuits against household names such as McDonald’s and Dr Pepper over items from soda drinks and ice cream to milk.
纽约律师斯宾塞·希恩（Spencer Sheehan）已经对麦当劳和胡椒博士（Dr Pepper）等家喻户晓的品牌提起了100多起诉讼，涉及商品有苏打饮料、冰淇淋和牛奶。
household
表示“家喻户晓的”，英文解释为“Someone or something that is a household name or word is very well known.”举个🌰：
Today, fashion designers are household names.
如今，服装设计师们家喻户晓。
Mr Sheehan compared real vanilla to a Chanel handbag and the alternatives to knock-offs.
希恩先生将真正的香草比作香奈儿手袋，而把香草替代物比作仿制品。
alternative
alternative本身可以作名词也可以作形容词，表示“可替代的，供选择的（事物）”；alternative medicine/therapies表示“非西方传统医学/疗法，替代性的疗法”，英文解释为“Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture.”如：alternative health care 替代性保健，举个🌰：Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners of alternative medicine.
针灸疗法被非西方传统医学从业者广泛利用。
knock-off
表示“（流行产品的）翻印本，仿制品”，英文解释为“a cheap copy of a popular product”举个🌰：
Is that the real thing or a knock-off?
那是真品还是仿制品？
McDonald’s lawyers maintain that vanilla is a flavour, much like rocky road or tutti frutti.
麦当劳的律师坚持认为，香草是一种味道，和石板街（冰激凌）或图提芙蒂（冰激凌）同样的道理。
注：rocky road是国外很流行的一款甜品。冰激凌或者慕斯里面夹杂了坚果，棉花糖和巧克力的冰冻甜品。tutti frutti“图提芙蒂”是全球最大乳酪冰淇淋连锁品牌。
Several other firms have also defended the claims by saying customers do not expect actual vanilla in their vanilla soy milk or flavoured Greek yoghurt as long as it tastes like the real thing.
其他几家公司也为这一说法辩护，声称顾客并不指望他们的香草豆浆或调味希腊酸奶里有真正的香草，只要尝起来像真的就行。
defend
表示“为…辩护，为…辩白，为…辩解”，英文解释为“to use arguments to protect something or someone from criticism, or to prove that something is right”，举个🌰：
Students should be ready to explain and defend their views.
学生应该勇于为自己的观点进行解释和辩护。
But Mr Sheehan said: ‘Just because you can’t tell the difference between something real and something fake, that doesn’t make it OK.’
但希恩先生表示，“不能因为无法分辨真假，就可以这样做。”
The same lawyer has sued firms in the past for making the Portuguese sweet bread known as Hawaiian rolls outside of the Pacific Island and over ‘carrot-cake doughnuts’ that do not come from real carrots.
希恩律师曾起诉公司，原由是他们在太平洋岛外生产名为夏威夷早餐包的葡萄牙甜面包，也曾因原料不是真胡萝卜的胡萝卜蛋糕甜甜圈提出诉讼。
roll
熟词僻义，作名词表示“面包卷；小圆面包”，英文解释为“a small loaf of bread for one person”举个🌰：
Would you like a roll and butter with your soup?
要不要来份黄油面包卷配你的汤？
doughnut
doughnut /ˈdəʊnʌt, -nət/ 表示“炸面包圈；炸果酱面包”，英文解释为“a small, circular cake, fried in hot fat, either with a hole in the middle or filled with jam”。
Mr Sheehan told the Wall Street Journal that the lawsuits started in 2019 after he saw the can of root beer with the words, ‘Made with aged vanilla’.
希恩先生接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，诉讼起始于2019年，因为他看到了印有“陈年香草酿造”字样的根汁汽水。
root beer
表示“沙士，根汁汽水（用姜和其他植物的根制成，不含酒精，盛行于美国）”，英文解释为“a fizzy (= with bubbles) brown drink without alcohol, that is flavoured with the roots of various plants”。
He said: ‘I looked at it and said, “Yeah, I don’t think it’s correct, or completely truthful”.’
他声称：“我看了看，然后说，‘是的，我觉得它不准确或者有点假”。
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