Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

(fos)

Spanish translation:

fructooligosacárido

Added to glossary by Leonardo Lamarche
Aug 2, 2010 20:31
13 yrs ago
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English term

(fos)

English to Spanish Science Food & Drink dog and cat food
Hi there!
I have problems with "(fos)" in the following list of ingredients. I guess it's an abbreviation, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your help!

Deboned turkey meat, chicken meal, pea, potato, turkey meal, whole dried egg, sunflower oil, sweet potato, flax meal, natural chicken flavour, ocean white fish meal, alfalfa, salmon oil, yeast culture, dried kelp, lecithin, taurine, chicory root extract (fos), pumpkin, cranberries, spinach, broccoli, green apple, blueberries, pears, bananas, yucca schidigera extract, rosemary extract...
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Aug 16, 2010 05:59: Leonardo Lamarche Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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fructoooligosacárido

fructooligosacharide.
Ver. ref.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructooligosacárido

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Note added at 18 mins (2010-08-02 20:50:16 GMT)
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Sorry: only two o's: fructooligosacáridos
Peer comment(s):

agree eviteri : That's it! Can also be written as "fructo-oligosacárido".
4 mins
Muchas gracias eviteri.
agree Maja Basara : 100% agree. You posted as I was typing. I'd just like to add that the same abbreviation FOS is used in Spanish as well.
5 mins
Muchas gracias Maja.
agree iolanda casacuberta
9 hrs
Muchas gracias Iolanda.
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fructooligosacáridos (FOS)

The abbreviation is also used in Spanish.

Fructooligosaccharide or FOS, is a naturally-occurring substance that is used primarily as artificial sweetener. Among other things it can also be extracted from chicory root.
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fructo-oligosacáridos

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Peer comment(s):

agree Gloria Cifuentes Dowling : Referencias confiables y muy claras.
5 hrs
Gracias Gloria
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