(1) Cariogenic diet was estimated by the consumption of sweets, confectionary and soft drinks.
(2) In milk, dairy and confectionary products it is isolated in 3.8 per cent of samples, while in tinned foodstuffs - in 1.8 per cent.
(3) In taking account of confectionary purchased from NAAFI sources the total energy intake was raised to 4200 kcal of which 40 per cent were derived from fats (15 per cent saturated fats) and 12 per cent from added sugars.
(4) Success in the confectionary business pushed Jacqueline Mars to joint number 36 with her brother John and Forrest.
(5) Isomalt appears to be a palatable alternative sweetener capable of reducing the glycaemic effect of diabetic confectionary.
(6) As a GP dealing daily with diet-related problems, I have been advising patients to stop adding sugar to hot drinks or other foods, to stop soft drinks altogether and to have biscuits or confectionary only on special occasions.
(7) The sample included meat, dairy, fruits and confectionary products.
(8) For this purpose a confectionary was designed and elaborated consisting of five different bars, made of natural raw materials (dehydrated fruits, milk, eggs, nuts, fat), which supply an important quantity of fats and carbohtdrates, minerals, and vitamins.
(9) Thirty confectionary workers alternated piece-work (payment by results) and work with a fixed daily wage while 30 metal workers alternated work on an assembly line with work off it.
(10) The 27 clinical and 50 food isolates, mainly from meat products, frozen confectionaries, and cheeses, confirmed as L. monocytogenes were compared biochemically and serologically.
(11) The cited data support the expediency of using methylcellulose in the confectionary industry.
(12) Egyptian authorities, who have blamed traders and suppliers for hoarding and smuggling goods, said they have so far seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in raids on factories and warehouses, including facilities belonging to Pepsico and Edita, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of confectionaries.
(13) Android 4.4 continues the confectionary naming scheme Facebook Twitter Pinterest Android is now named after the Kitkat Nestle chocolate biscuit.
(14) In an apparent allusion to the attempted acquisition of Cadbury by the American confectionary group Kraft , Myners asked shareholders to stay firm in the face of a hostile buyer and focus on long term returns rather than "the bounce in a share price that comes with a takeover".
(15) Not to everyone's taste, admits the French chocolate-maker Sylvain Musquar , who suggests customers should avoid looking closely at the original handmade confectionary in pride of place in his patisserie shop in Nancy.
(16) The aim of this study was to determine the nutritional content of the foods provided to, and the confectionary purchased by, personnel serving at sea in British warships.
(17) Although he did not mention Cadbury by name, Myners comments are bound to resonate with investors in the 185-year-old confectionary firm, which is the subject of at least two possible bids from the US.
(18) This is often blamed on a situation where confectionary, soft drinks and refined sugar-containing snacks have become easily available.
(19) A bitter pill The Mexican government has made many attempts to fight the pervasive weight problem, attracting international attention for its implementation of a national tax of one peso for sugar-sweetened beverages, and an 8% price rise on high-calorie foods such as ice-cream, chocolates and confectionary.
(20) Well, I'd like to apologise to the date for rejecting its quiet, wrinkled brown-ness for the easy allure of foil-wrapped confectionary.
Sweetmeat
Definition:
(n.) Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
(n.) The paint used in making patent leather.
(n.) A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first thing that Mikhail Khodorkovsky would have seen when he entered the most historic of all five-star establishments in Berlin would have been a large, illuminated model of the hotel itself, made of cinnamon-flavoured sweetmeat.
(2) He bought sweetmeats in a leaf-cup from a Hindu trader, and ate them with glad rapture until a policeman ordered him off the steps."
(3) He lures an old man with sweetmeats and carries him off.
(4) There is an Indian lullaby about the Moon Uncle , who lives far away, eating delicious sweetmeats and offering some in a bowl to the baby.