A lot of these processed foods have very long shelf lives and therefore can be stored for long periods of time.

很多加工食品为了便于储藏销售,都有很长的保质期

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It gives foods a longer shelf life, and so things like pastries and individual wrapped packages have a very long shelf life, longer than if they don't have Trans fats.

它增长了食物的保质期,让糕点和独立包装的食品等能存放很久,比不含反式脂肪的食品存放时间长

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Expire Okay, that's a very interesting issue about the--the response was that because the--other food might expire quickly and so that's true; if you're eating things like fruits and vegetables, they only have a certain amount of life before they go bad.

保质期长,这是个很有趣的问题,因为其他食物可能很快就变质了,这也是个原因,如果你吃蔬菜水果的话,它们都有一定的保质期

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