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GRANULATED SUGAR [14 records]

Record 1 2025-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
  • Maple-Sugar Industry
CONT

Granulated maple sugar is the most versatile product that is made from maple syrup. Because it has no available water, this product is totally shelf stable, it will not separate or mold.... It can be used in recipes as a replacement for brown or white sugar on one for one exchange by volume or by weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Industrie de l'érable
DEF

Sucre fait de sirop d'érable cuit entre 23,9° et 24,5 °C au-dessus du point d'ébullition de l'eau, malaxé à chaud jusqu'à granulation complète, puis tamisé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

... caster sugar(sometimes spelled castor sugar) is finely ground granulated sugar. It is not as fine as confectioners’ sugar, as it does have a little grit to it, and is not powder-y.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Sucre à fruits. Ce sucre finement granulé est conçu pour se dissoudre plus rapidement que le sucre ordinaire [...] Vous pouvez préparer votre propre sucre à fruits en broyant du sucre ordinaire dans un robot culinaire pendant quelques secondes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Confectioners’ sugar is regular granulated white sugar that's pulverized to a powder so fine it's basically sugar dust. On its own, this powder will draw water from the air and clump, so cornstarch is added to prevent this...

Key term(s)
  • confectioner's sugar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Le sucre glace, que l'on nomme sucre en poudre au Québec, est du sucre blanc pulvérisé auquel on ajoute [de la] fécule de maïs afin d'empêcher la formation de grumeaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria azucarera
OBS

El término "azúcar de lustre" se puede utilizar como nombre masculino o femenino, aunque normalmente "azúcar" se utiliza en el masculino.

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Record 4 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Articles - Various
CONT

Sweets were a delicacy in the early days. ... Moreso, sugar came in cones that were rock hard. To remove a chunk from the cone, one used a pair of sugar nippers (also called sugar shears.) Then it was pulverized with a sugar hammer that had a ball (peen) at one end and a hatchet-like blade at the other.

OBS

Sugar was not always granulated as we know it today. During the Victorian era, sugar came in "loafs" or "cones" which needed to be cut or broken off into lumps with a special tool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles ménagers divers
DEF

Instrument pour casser le sucre en morceaux réguliers.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Coarse granulated sugar is used to make hard candy and other products requiring hardness and delicate color, high quality fondant creams and for dusting cakes before baking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Sucre cristallisé gros utilisé pour la confection de bonbons durs et autres produits nécessitant de la dureté et des teintes douces pour fondants de qualité supérieure.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Recipes
DEF

To cook white granulated sugar with a small amount of water until it turns into a nut-brown-colored syrup; used either to line a dessert mold or to add flavor or color to a mixture.

CONT

... the pudding Crème Brûlée [is] set in a shallow tin of crushed ice, the top is sprinkled with icing or caster sugar and caramelised under a red hot grill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Recettes de cuisine
DEF

Transformer du sucre en caramel en le chauffant à feu doux.

CONT

Cette manipulation culinaire [...] intervient surtout en pâtisserie et signifie «chemisier de caramel» (caraméliser un ramequin), «parfumer avec du caramel» (caraméliser un riz au lait) ou «glacer de sucre cuit au caramel» (caraméliser des fruits déguisés, des choux, etc.). [...] Enfin, «caraméliser» signifie aussi faire colorer sous le gril le dessus d'une pâtisserie poudrée de sucre, pour lui faire prendre couleur. De même, certains légumes (petits oignons, carottes ou navets tournés), dits «glacés», sont légèrement caramélisés en les passant sur le feu avec du sucre et une petite quantité d'eau ou de beurre, dans une casserole à fond plat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
  • Recetas de cocina
CONT

La caramelización es un proceso que se consigue calentando el azúcar para que acabe formando un jarabe de color marrón con un aroma intenso a caramelo. [...] El jarabe de azúcar al punto de caramelo puede utilizarse para decorar o mezclar con otros alimentos, pero también puede dejarse enfriar para que tome una forma sólida [...] La caramelización hace que el alimento cambie tanto en color como en sabor.

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Record 7 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
DEF

White moist granulated sugar blended with small quantities of pure sugar syrups(molasses) selected for colour and taste.

OBS

The differences in colour and flavour between [types of] brown sugar depend on the amount of molasses present. The more molasses, the stickier the crystals, darker the colour and stronger the flavour.

OBS

Sugar refiners can produce brown sugar from boiling refinery cane syrups until brown sugar crystals form, or by blending molasses syrup with white sugar crystals.

OBS

Used in baked goods as dry mixes, meat glazes, and condiments.

PHR

Dark brown sugar.

PHR

Brilliant, golden, light yellow sugar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Sucre blanc cristallisé humide mélangé avec de petites quantités de sirops de sucre purs (mélasses) choisis pour leur couleur et leur goût.

OBS

Les différences de couleur et de saveur entre les types de sucre brun dépendent de la quantité de mélasse utilisée. Plus il y a de mélasse, plus les cristaux sont collants, plus la couleur est foncée et plus la saveur est prononcée.

OBS

Les fabricants de sucre peuvent produire du sucre brun en faisant bouillir les sirops de canne à sucre de raffinage jusqu’à ce qu’ils se cristallisent en sucre brun ou en mélangeant du sirop de mélasse avec des cristaux de sucre blanc.

OBS

S’utilise dans les produits de boulangerie comme les mélanges secs, les glaces de viande et les condiments.

PHR

Sucre brun foncé.

PHR

Cassonade brillante, dorée, pâle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria azucarera
DEF

Azúcar de segunda producción, cuyo color varía desde el amarillo claro al pardo oscuro, según la cantidad de mezcla que queda adherida a los cristales.

OBS

"Azúcar" término que se emplea tanto como masculino o como femenino.

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Record 8 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

The kinds of sugar used to make frostings are granulated, brown, powdered(confectioner's), and blended syrup(corn and refiner's). Powdered sugar is preferable in uncooked frosting because it is fine grained and dissolves rapidly. Blended syrup prevents the formation of large crystals that cause graininess in cooked frostings. If too much syrup is used, it will keep cooked frostings from hardening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

Les sucres liquides. [...] sont obtenus par dissolution à chaud de sucre cristallisé dans de l'eau déminéralisée, suivie d'étapes de filtration et de décoloration permettant d'obtenir un sirop parfaitement pur et limpide.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

An equigranular limestone which looks like granulated sugar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Calcaire isogranulaire ayant l'aspect de sucre cristallisé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Caliza granulosa, fácilmente erosionable, afectada por metamorfismo térmico.

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Record 10 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
DEF

A fragrant and flavorful sugar made by burying vanilla beans in granulated or confectioners’ sugar-usually in the proportion of two beans for each pound of sugar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Mélange de saccharose et de vanille naturelle [...]

OBS

vanillé : Aromatisé avec de la vanille naturelle.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
CONT

The process of turning beets into sugar began with the local farmers, who had to pledge to plant a certain number of acres in sugar beets. When the harvested beets were delivered to the factory, they were weighed, washed and sliced. A diffusion battery separated the juice from the pulp. The pulp was dried and used as cattle fodder. The juice was processed and boiled under vacuum until grains of sugar were formed. The grains of sugar were separated from the molasses, or moisture, run through a drier to become the product known as granulated sugar, and then packaged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Outillage industriel
CONT

Dicté par les éléments fournis en permanence par le laboratoire, le réglage de la marche de l'usine était délicat : richesse saccharine et alcalinité étaient les données essentielles. La première imposait à la batterie de diffusion un «soutirage» plus ou moins important; la seconde se répercutait sur le chaulage et la floculation.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
OBS

Cube Sugar :Sugar cubes are formed by pressing moistened granulated sugar into molds and allowing it to dry. Cube sugar is most often used for beverage service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

Obtenu par moulage de sucre cristallisé, humidifié à chaud, puis séché pour souder les cristaux (sucre aggloméré).

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
DEF

... ground-up, previously fired pots or other crushed clay products ....

DEF

Ground-down fired pottery, varying in coarseness from the texture of granulated sugar to that of flour, added to plastic clay to quicken drying, add texture or decrease shrinkage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
CONT

[...] terre cuite concassée plus ou moins finement suivant le grain que l'on désire et mélangée à la terre. La chamotte a pour propriété de drainer la terre, ce qui permet de travailler en épaisseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfarería
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Record 14 1980-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
CONT

The majority of bakers has adopted the use of commercially-prepared mixes for the production of cake doughnuts. [In a mix] a bland of cake and bread flours is used(...) the major ingredients, aside from the flour, include finely granulated sugar, nonfat dry milk, shortening, egg yolk solids and defatted soy flour. Expansion of the doughnut volume during frying is obtained largely by the inclusion of small amounts of leavening agents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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