¿Qué significa cenizas?

Question

I'm translating a table of nutritional information. Most of the content is pretty much the same in Espanish as it would be in English but I'm struggling to translate cenizas, clearly I don't want to use 'ash'.

Any ideas?

Spanish - Silvia, Jul 1, 2011

Is that information about types of food, portions, etc? - Silvia, Jul 1, 2011

No, rather constituents - protein, carbs, iron, thiamin etc. - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

Sounds like residues of some elements, or ingredients. - Silvia, Jul 1, 2011

You could refer to it as "mineral residues" (i.e. Calcium, Iron, zinc, chloride, phosphorous and sulfur), but "ash" is by far the more common labelling practice - Izanoni1, Jul 1, 2011

Answer 1

Actually, in terms of nutrition, it probably would be "ash."

Dietary ash is what is left after a food has been incinerated and is mostly comprised of mineral content. Dietary ash is comprised of compounds that are believed to have biological activity in the human body.

If you google terms like nutrition along with "acid ash," "alkaline ash" and "dietary ash" you should be able to find more information on this term.

Would appear a bit alarming to read ash though on the nutritional breakdown given on your cereal box... Is there not some kind of term involving 'residue'? - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

residuo - Silvia, Jul 1, 2011

I´m translating to English... - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

Answer 2

I can give you Spanish synonims translated. BE CAREFUL with the context of the sentense! Examples:

-Hollín: Soot.

-Resto: Remaining

-Residuo:Residue

Thanks, I'm thinking algo que ver con residue... - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

Depending on the type of residue, for iron for example Scrap iron, for animals offal, for industry waste... - Driker, Jul 1, 2011

Yeah, you´d want to be more specific, residue of hydrogen cyanide for example would not be that good... - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

"synonyms" even.... :) - cristalino, Jul 1, 2011

Answer 3

Singular; Ceniza=Ashes Plural; Cenizas

"Dónde hubo fuego cenizas quedan".

-Explicaré en Español:

Frase dicha a alguien para dar a entender que en una relación del pasado pueda existir la posibilidad de que haya quedado algún sentimiento entre las dos personas o pueda volver a existir otra vez.

Answer 4

Would appear a bit alarming to read ash though on the nutritional breakdown given on your cereal box... Is there not some kind of term involving 'residue'?

If, for aesthetic purposes, you did not want to use the term "ash" you could probably also use the term "mineral residue." Even so, "ash" is probably by far the more common term.

If you need more information, you might try consulting a nutritional encyclopedia or dictionary such as this one:

Nutritional Encyclopedia

Answer 5

Would appear a bit alarming to read ash though on the nutritional breakdown given on your cereal box... Is there not some kind of term involving 'residue'?

In polypeptides and proteins, the amino acids that comprise such molecules are often referred to as "residues," but this is not very common in terms of nutritional labeling and they certainly would not be referred to simply as residues (instead, specific amino acids would be listed such as L-alanine, etc).

Chemically speaking, such residues are a result of dehydrations synthesis in which two separate monomers join by losing a molecule of water, hence the term residue.

As I said before, "ash" is a component that you can find listed in regards to nutritional content: link text (look near the bottom under "other")

Interesting, thanks. It's just a rough translation at the mo so plenty of time to chose the most appropriate term before packaging. - afowen, Jul 1, 2011

Answer 6

You might find this excerpt helpful:

In a nutshell, an alkaline foods diet (also known as the alkaline ash diet, alkaline acid diet, alkalising and the acid alkaline diet) is a healthy eating lifestyle based on eating foods that metabolise (burn) to leave an alkaline residue (ash) of minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper. Foods are therefore classified as alkaline, acidic or neutral according to the pH of the solution created with their ash in water.