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SUCRE GELIFIANT [3 records]

Record 1 2022-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Zefir is a light and airy dessert produced by beating fruit and berry mush with egg whites and sugar until light and fluffy. It requires gelling chemicals, such as pectin, agar, or gelatine, to maintain its shape, as regular marshmallows do.

Key term(s)
  • zephir

French

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

Le zéphir(zéphyr ou zéfir) est une confiserie molle d’origine russe à base de purée de fruits(généralement de pommes), de sucre, de blancs d’œufs et d’un gélifiant(agar ou gélatine).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
  • Food Additives
DEF

[A] special sugar for making preserves from fruit.

CONT

Gelling Sugar contains pectin in it ... The ingredients in the sugar are white sugar, pectin, and citric acid. Some brands may also include sodium benzoate as a preservative.

French

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

Mélange de sucre, de pectine et d’acide citrique.

CONT

Les sucres gélifiants [...] contiennent [...] soit [de l’] acide nitrique soit [de l’] acide malique [et sont] destinés à prévenir la cristallisation du sucre au sein même des confitures.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

a candy made usually from corn syrup with cornstarch, gelatin, or gum arabic according to the consistency desired, cast in molds that are typically nearly hemispherical, and coated with sugar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Friandise à base de sucre, de sirop de glucose et de gélifiant(pectine ou gélatine), aromatisée et colorée, figurant des personnages aimés des enfants.

Spanish

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