Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
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Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
croutage
"Ce nouveau process exclusif permet de réaliser une surgélation instantanée de purées de fruit à -80°C sous forme de gouttelettes. On a donc une formation de cristaux très fins et un ***croutage*** intégral de la purée. Ainsi le produit est beaucoup plus stable dans le temps (diminue le phénomène d’agglomération des grains) et les qualités organoleptiques du fruit restent intactes."
| 4 +1 | crusting |
Paul Hirsh
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| 3 +2 | crust |
Lingua 5B
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| 4 | dryness |
Colin Morley (X)
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| 2 +1 | ... completely seal the fruit purée |
Caroline Vignard (X)
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| 3 | crystalization |
emiledgar
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| 2 | protective crust |
Cindy Desmet
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Proposed translations
France
The Human Translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
crusting
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Lingua 5B
: true that. Though I found fruit puree combining with crust, not crusting./ I do, I do :) I certainly can learn from you, I'm not questioning that.
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trust a native English speaker
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Tony M
: Yes, but don't you think forming any kind of a crust would be a bad characteristic? And how woudl this fit with 'intégral'?
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jean-jacques alexandre
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dryness
Table de croûtage - Les produits ne collent plus et peuvent être transportés sur des tapis à mailles sans risque d'être marqués.
crust
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-14 21:18:17 GMT)
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For the Passion Fruit Curd: Whisk eggs, sugar and passion fruit puree (or ... the surface to prevent a crust from forming and allow to cool in fridge. ...
http://www.starchefs.com/news/press_releases/html/newsdetail...
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Jean-Louis S.
: crusting?
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Paul Hirsh
: agree with jlsjr - crusting (crust would be croute)
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crusting is a process, crust is a noun ( state). so, i guess both are acceptable.
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Tony M
: I think the ref. you quote is a red herring, the occurrence of 'purée' and 'crust' is entirely fortuitous; and like the others, I feel that the noun required here is for the process, not the outcome.
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Vicky James
: no, the crust here is mentioned separately, as something to be prevented, not achieved deliberately.// by "here" I mean your reference.
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protective crust
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-14 23:22:38 GMT)
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I found this reference that indicate croutage as a particular industrial process and thus my previous suggestion, even though it conveys the meaning of the process in the word 'protective', as in a kind of helpful sealing process, does not convey the formality of a standardized process. See: http://ind.yara.fr/fr/industries/food_industry/chill_freeze/...
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Lingua 5B
: -age is a French noun suffix, not a participle suffix. additionally, I found crust in similar contexts, rather than crusting.
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... completely seal the fruit purée
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Vicky James
: Something along these lines sounds like the right idea to me!
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Thanks Vicky
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crystalization
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Lingua 5B
: Ca sonne bien, mais pourtant, on a deja " une formation de cristaux très fins " qui le precede ?
4 hrs
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on pourrait dire"a complete, even crystalization of the purée" par exemple.
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Discussion
this is another reference/meaning of crust
1 a: a crust or hard coating b: a growth or accumulation (as of habits, opinions, or customs) resembling a crust
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incrustation
Termium says:
Résultat d'un séchage trop rapide durcissant la couche externe du produit, qui prend la consistance du cuir.