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French: indice de remplissage (de fruits de mer)

English translation: meat to shell ratio







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French term or phrase:indice de remplissage (de fruits de mer)
English translation:meat to shell ratio
Entered by:Drmanu49
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Nutrition / Shellfish
French term or phrase: indice de remplissage (de fruits de mer)
"L’optimisation de l’indice de remplissage est le principal atout de ces moules".

Merci de toute aide!
Eutychus
France
mussel's meat content (filling) index
Explanation:
spawning, a mussel's meat content can drop by about 10%. ...
www.simplyseafood.com/newsletters/1007/mussels.html - 12k -

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-16 15:21:06 GMT)
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or percentage of meat content
minimum meat content of 16% Those lots which do not meet the reqmred criteria are .... actual prices were divided by the consumer's price index for the ...
www.springerlink.com/index/R6G67M187Q721132.pdf -


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-16 16:51:46 GMT)
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meat-to-shell ratio as suggested by Emma sounds good too.
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Drmanu49
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks to all. I had two occurences of similar terms so I used Emma's "meat-to-shell ratio" and variations on all the suggestions above!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3mussel's meat content (filling) index
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
mussel's meat content (filling) index

Explanation:
spawning, a mussel's meat content can drop by about 10%. ...
www.simplyseafood.com/newsletters/1007/mussels.html - 12k -

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-16 15:21:06 GMT)
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or percentage of meat content
minimum meat content of 16% Those lots which do not meet the reqmred criteria are .... actual prices were divided by the consumer's price index for the ...
www.springerlink.com/index/R6G67M187Q721132.pdf -


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-16 16:51:46 GMT)
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meat-to-shell ratio as suggested by Emma sounds good too.

Drmanu49
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 15
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks to all. I had two occurences of similar terms so I used Emma's "meat-to-shell ratio" and variations on all the suggestions above!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree ormiston: so here turned to give, 'the chief advantage of these mussels is their increased meat content....'
16 mins
  -> Yes, thank you.

agree Emma Paulay: This ref mentions meat-to-shell ratio which also fits for "taux de remplissage" :http://www.seafoodbusiness.com/buyguide/issue_mussels.htm
1 hr
  -> Yes, that sounds good too. Thank you Emma.

agree French Foodie: meat-to-shell ratio sounds good to me as well
21 hrs
  -> Thank you Mara.
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