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CONDENSED SWEETENED MILK [5 records]

Record 1 2013-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Pastries
  • Restaurant Menus
CONT

Dulce de leche... is a traditional candy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and other parts of South America. Its most basic recipe mixes boiled milk and sugar, although other ingredients may be included to achieve special properties. It can be prepared by buying sweetened condensed milk and cooking it for several hours until it caramelizes. It is used to flavour candies or other sweet foods, such as cakes, biscuits or ice cream, as well as flan. It is also a popular spread on toast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Pâtisserie
  • Menus (Restauration)
CONT

Dulce de leche [...] Cette confiture de lait a, depuis quelques années, traversé ses frontières sud-américaines. Elle se sert avec du pain comme une confiture, garnit les chocolats et se laisse napper entre un empilage de crêpes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
  • Repostería
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
DEF

Dulce que se hace con leche azucarada, aromatizada generalmente con vainilla, y sometida a cocción lenta y prolongada.

CONT

El dulce de leche posee un aspecto de consistencia cremosa, pastosa, lisa y untable, que se prepara cociendo a fuego lento leche y azúcar, hasta que adquiere un color castaño acaramelado característico y uniforme, con consistencia espesa de sabor dulce y lácteo.

OBS

Cajeta. Dulce de leche de cabra, sumamente espeso.

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Record 2 2008-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

Sweetened Concentrated Milk(Condensed Whole Milk).

OBS

In 1985, Statistics Canada decided to replace the term "condensed whole milk" by "sweetened concentrated milk. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

Le lait est concentré par évaporation sous vide [et] peut également être concentré après addition de sucre et conservé en emballage fer-blanc sans stérilisation.

OBS

L'appellation «lait entier condensé» fut remplacée par Statistique Canada, 1985, pour «lait concentré sucré».

OBS

lait concentré sucré : Équivalent adopté par le Comité intergouvernemental de terminologie de l'industrie laitière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
DEF

Leche [que se obtiene] por evaporación del agua y que contiene desde un 40% hasta un 45% de azúcar.

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Record 3 2008-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
OBS

Condensed milk, evaporated milk, concentrated milk, is the product resulting from the evaporation of a considerable portion of the water from the whole, fresh, clean, lacteal secretion [of a cow] and [it] contains, all tolerances being allowed for, not less than 25.5 per cent of total solids and not less than 7.8 per cent of milk fat.

OBS

Evaporated and condensed are terms to avoid since milk is neither evaporated nor concentrated, but water is. In fact there are two kinds of concentrated milks, one which is unsweetened and the other which is sweetened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

[...] lait dont la concentration [est] poussée [...] puisqu'on élimine [...] environ 45% d'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
DEF

Leche concentrada [que se obtiene] por evaporación del agua [hasta alcanzar un] 45%, [de total de agua]

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Record 4 1999-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

Molds, which form hard, colored bodies or buttons, are sometimes found on the surface of [sweetened condensed milk].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

Nom donné aux grumeaux se trouvant à la surface des laits concentrés sucrés. Il s'agit de filaments mycéliens ayant pour origine la contamination atmosphérique au moment du conditionnement.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

Canadian Dairy Commission. This program encourages manufacturers of evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk to produce these products during periods of the year when milk supply exceeds market needs. The Concentrated Milk Assistance Program offers financial assistance to manufacturers to offset carrying charges incurred due to additional product storage time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Commission canadienne du lait. Ce programme incite les fabricants de lait évaporé et de lait condensé sucré à fabriquer ces produits durant les périodes de l'année où les approvisionnements de lait excèdent les besoins du marché. Le Programme d'aide pour le lait concentré offre une aide financière aux fabricants pour contrebalancer les frais de possession reliés au prolongement de la période d'entreposage.

Spanish

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