Maybe they assume everyone everwhere has a smattering of English.
However I often wonder...maybe it would be just as well if they printed the entire ingredient list in any language but English, because reading these things leads to depression. I have an 'active' orange drink here and its mindboggling the stuff we consume.
This is a relatively good one, but with every gulp I inload..
citric acid
ascorbic acid
mixed carotennes
acesulflame K
asparatame
potassium sorbate
acacia stabiliser
vegetable oil
trisodium citrate
and a source of phenylalanine
...they mention the last one for fear that me, the consumer, might want to participate in the upcoming Olympic Games..whereby upon a delivering a sample I would be immediately banned from future inclusion in noble sporting activity.