Question

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.
Such products, concocted of a brew of unhealthy and artificial ingredients, are not the kind of products most organic shoppers want to support.
Based on the context of the sentence, what does it mean to concoct a brew?

A.
try a different combination

B.
invent a new recipe

C.
create an interesting effect

D.
make an unpleasant mixture

Answer 1

D. make an unpleasant mixture

"Concoct a brew" here means combining ingredients into a (likely unpleasant) mixture, which fits the sentence about unhealthy, artificial ingredients.