French: ampouleEnglish translation: vial 
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Food & Dairy / Baby food | | French term or phrase: ampoule | This is from a list of products produced by a health-food company:
"• Plats bébés appertisés et surgelés, salés et sucrés, laits de croissance, laits en poudre, ampoules de jus de fruits."
It is also mentioned here:
"XXX développe les premiers jus de fruits en ampoules pour bébés sous la marque YYY."
I just can't picure it. I have found other 'jus en ampoule' on google image but not a fruit juice for babies. Has anyone ever given these to their children maybe and knows what they are? Even an indication as to the size would help: is it more like a capsule, a vial, a bottle etc? I can't imagine it as being those little glass capsules that you break.
Thank you!
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseFrench Foodie: 11:37am Oct 25, 2007: Hi laenai, I know exactly what they are. Bledina sells them in packs of little 10 ml glass vials of juice (with the idea that babies only require a small amount of juice, so no waste). You snap off the tip and pour into cup, bottle, etc.
juliebarba: 12:16pm Oct 25, 2007: your text does say 'develop the FIRST...' - maybe why we can't find refs for it! vial does sounds a bit over medical in English ......capsule might be preferable...
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| | vial | Explanation:
vial should work. Usually plastic bottles, sometimes with a break-off tip, but I haven't sen those since the 70's
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Note added at 7 hrs (2007-10-25 18:59:43 GMT)
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true, I hadn't seen the plastic ones forever, I forgot about the glass ones |
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| "squeezy bottle"
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That's not what I'm suggesting as the translation, but I think this might be what they mean - quite small, flattened bottle shape, fitting into a child's hand. Maybe if you have a look at the soft drinks shelves of your local supermarket there will be something with a name that could help you.
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| vial
Explanation:
vial should work. Usually plastic bottles, sometimes with a break-off tip, but I haven't sen those since the 70's
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Note added at 7 hrs (2007-10-25 18:59:43 GMT)
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true, I hadn't seen the plastic ones forever, I forgot about the glass ones
| PatPat
Suriname
Native speaker of:  English, Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thank you everyone for your suggestions and for clarifying this for me :) |
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