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YAOURT [1 record]

Record 1 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

Milk (usually cow's milk) coagulated and fermented.

OBS

Yoghurt or Yoghourt (traditional spellings) or yogurt (modern spelling) is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Any sort of milk may be used to make yogurt, but modern production is dominated by cow's milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

Produit laitier fermenté obtenu par le développement des bactéries lactiques [...]

OBS

yogourt : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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

Producto obtenido de la mezcla de la leche entera, semidescremada o descremada con leche descremada deshidratada, sometido a un proceso de pasteurización y coagulación por fermentación, mediante la inoculación con bacterias lacto-bacillus bulgáricus, y estreptococcus-thermophillus.

OBS

El producto final deberá contener los microorganismos señalados vivos. Su acidez estará comprendida entre 0.8% y 1.8%, expresada en ácido láctico, y no contendrá conservadores.

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