avant-produits

English translation: ingredients

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French term or phrase:avant-produits
English translation:ingredients
Entered by: pooja_chic

05:54 Jul 7, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Food & Drink / Ingredients
French term or phrase: avant-produits
"Enfin, le spécialiste des ingrédients pour la filière farine / pain [Eurogerm] prend également le contrôle de Gustalis Solutions Saveur en passant de 40 à 70% de son capital. Cette société oeuvre dans les ***avants-produits*** sucrés de boulangerie, pâtisserie et traiteur."

"Après une prise de participation stratégique de 40% dans le capital de Gustalis en 2008, EUROGERM annonce aujourd'hui avoir franchi le seuil des 70% du capital de ce spécialiste des ***avant-produits*** de
Boulangerie-Pâtisserie-Traiteur: feuilletage, crème pâtissière, pâtes jaunes, génoise."

"Eurogerm annonce parallèlement sa montée au capital des sociétés IDS Solutions Conditionnement et Gustalis Solutions Saveur. La première est spécialisée dans le conditionnement et le mélange à façon et la seconde dans les ***avant-produits*** pour la boulangerie, la pâtisserie et les traiteurs. Des activités complémentaires de celles d'Eurogerm."

I have come up with four possible solutions:
1) finished products - Eurogerm's website
2) pre-finished products - web sources
3) ingredients, simply, or maybe components, to posh it up a bit
4) Trial product/test phase product - answer given on this website: http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=858204

I do not exclude any other ideas.

Thanks in advance.
Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 17:48
ingredients
Explanation:
Simply
http://www.eurogerm.com/nouveau/FR/entreprise/images/Gustali...
Le spécialiste de la conception, la fabrication
et la vente d’avant-produits de pâtisserie
The specialist in designing, making
and selling pastry ingredients
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pooja_chic
Grading comment
I feel "avant-produits" is jargon and used "ingredients". No need to complicate things: this is stuff that goes into the products. Thanks to all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1semi-processed ingredients
B D Finch
3pre-finished product
Alain Mouchel
3ingredients
pooja_chic


Discussion entries: 3





  

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pre-finished product


Explanation:
pre-finished product

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Note added at 3 heures (2011-07-07 09:52:48 GMT)
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http://osdir.com/patents/Food-processes/Method-manufacture-p...

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Note added at 4 heures (2011-07-07 09:55:46 GMT)
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or: pre-processed product
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2005/0238763.html


    Reference: http://www.glossaire.be/english_french/glossaire_mecanique_a...
Alain Mouchel
Local time: 17:48
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
semi-processed ingredients


Explanation:
investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?...
"Grobak Holding B.V. supplies basic and semi-processed ingredients to the bakery and food industry. The company is based in Venlo, ..."

www.kerkinactie.org/site/uploadedDocs/Website_diaries.pdf
"The Bakery is a line confectionary industry that uses the semi-processed ingredients for finished products with high nutritional value. ..."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
11 mins
  -> Thanks Tony
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ingredients


Explanation:
Simply
http://www.eurogerm.com/nouveau/FR/entreprise/images/Gustali...
Le spécialiste de la conception, la fabrication
et la vente d’avant-produits de pâtisserie
The specialist in designing, making
and selling pastry ingredients

pooja_chic
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I feel "avant-produits" is jargon and used "ingredients". No need to complicate things: this is stuff that goes into the products. Thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: But as has already been pointed out, there is a need to differentiate here between 'basic' ingredients and this kind of 'pre-processed' ones; their own translation is imperfect in this respect.
44 mins

neutral  mannix: Can you give us an example of several "avant-produits"; are we sure they are pre-processed. There may be a legal definition of what constitutes an "ingredient" for pastry in France.
12 days
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