Soft drink sales have been in decline for years as consumers grew concerned about the high-fructose corn syrup that sweetened the drinks.

这几年碳酸饮料的销售一直在下滑，而使用高果糖玉米糖浆的饮料的消费者在增长。

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He sweetened the soft drink with saccharin and named it fanta, after the German word for fantasy or imagination.

加入糖精使这种软饮料变甜，他以德语中fantasy或imagination单词把这种饮料命名为芬达。

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On its website, the New York City Department of Health describes how drinking one 20-ounce (590ml) sweetened soft drink a day translates into eating 50 pounds (22.6kg) of sugar a year.

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