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Unilever ice cream leaves its customers coldBy ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | China DailyUpdated: Aug 24, 2021

A senior executive of Unilever, in an interview to the Chinese media, admitted that the British consumer products company uses condensed milk in its ice cream brand Magnum in Europe but milk powder for the same product in China. The company's senior executive in China said it would be difficult for them to transport condensed milk to China and there were supply issues in procuring milk in China. The company had earlier said on its micro-blogging platform that for environmental reasons they used vegetable oil for their products in China, but later deleted that explanation.
英国消费品公司联合利华(Unilever)一位高管在接受中国媒体采访时承认，它们的冰淇淋产品玛格南在欧洲使用的主要原料为炼乳，但在中国区其主要原料却是奶粉。联合利华中国区高管表示，他们很难将炼乳运往中国，并且在中国采购炼乳存在供应困难。该公司早些时候在其微博上表示，由于环境原因，他们在中国的产品使用植物油，但后来却删除了这一解释。

Neither of the two explanations hold. If Unilever uses vegetable oil for environmental reasons in China, then why does it use milk in the products it makes for the European market? Some micro bloggers found that Magnum lists "milk" as the primary ingredient for its products in Japan and the Republic of Korea and "water" for the products sold in China. Are Japan and the ROK any closer to Europe than China?
这两种解释都站不住脚。如果联合利华在中国使用植物油是出于环境原因，那么为什么它在欧洲市场生产的产品中却使用牛奶呢? 一些微博用户发现，在日本和韩国，玛格南列出的产品主要成分是“牛奶” ，在中国的主要成分则是“水”。难道日本和韩国比中国更靠近欧洲吗？

Some argue that Magnum ice creams are costlier in Europe than in China. On Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com, however, a pack of four Magnum ice creams cost about 54 yuan ($8.3) and on European platform Tesco.com, £3 ($4.09). Which means the manufacturing cost is higher and the price lower in Europe, but it is the opposite in China. Given that milk powder costs 3,000 yuan per ton less than condensed milk, Magnum has made greater profits in China than in Europe by resorting to a double standard.
有人认为玛格南冰淇淋在欧洲比在中国贵。然而，在中国电子商务平台京东上，一包四大瓶的冰淇淋售价约54元(8.3美元) ，在欧洲平台特易购上，售价却仅为3英镑(4.09美元)。这意味着欧洲生产成本更高的同时，销售价格却更低。但在中国却恰恰相反。由于奶粉每吨比炼乳便宜3000元，玛格南通过双重标准—更低的成本和更高的售价—在中国获得了比欧洲更高的利润。 

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unilever 联合利华senior executive 高管condensed milk 炼乳milk powder 奶粉procure 采购delete 删除micro bloggers 微博博主given that…… 考虑到……inferior to 低于，次于settle for sth. 勉强接受，无奈同意

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A senior executive of Unilever, in an interview to the Chinese media, admitted that the British consumer products company uses condensed milk in its ice cream brand Magnum in Europe but milk powder for the same product in China.英国消费品公司联合利华(Unilever)一位高管在接受中国媒体采访时承认，它们的冰淇淋产品玛格南在欧洲使用的主要原料为炼乳，但在中国区其主要原料却是奶粉。

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