Food producers make tiny, crunchy breakfast cakes out of true cereal with the addition of sugar, corn syrup, salt, food dyes and preservatives.

食品生产商用真正的谷物，加上糖、玉米糖浆、盐、食用色素和防腐剂，做出又小又脆的早餐蛋糕。

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They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes.

它们对人们的生活至关重要，不仅在食物上，而且在衣物、武器、工具、染料、药物、住所和许许多多其他的用途上。

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The word "cereal" has been hijacked, however, by food producers who make tiny, crunchy breakfast cakes out of true cereal with the addition of sugar, corn syrup, salt, food dyes and preservatives.

然而“谷物”这个词被食品制造商给滥用了，他们用谷物添加糖份、玉米糖浆、盐份、食用色素和防腐剂生产出小型、松软的早餐蛋糕。

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