used for decoration -those tiny (roundish)pieces of icing sugar used as decoration on top. if there is a fixed term for them in English is another matter....

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-06-18 08:55:55 GMT)
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(I no write too good English cause no had coffee yet).

http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?product=IN0554PA

have a look at the picture in this link
http://www.cuisine-french.com/cgi/mdc/l/en/boutique/produits...

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White or Granulated Sugar is a highly refined cane or beet sugar. The most common and widely used form of sugar, it is also available in cube form.

Coarse Sugars Sugar Grains or Sugar Crystals have grains about 4 times the size of granulated sugar. Coarse sugars are often available in a rainbow of decorative colors in supermarkets and cake decorating supply shops.

Italian term (edited): croissant con zucchero granellato

The above explanation (granulated sugar)is fine for the term you asked.

For the whole phrase though I would use "frosted croissant", sugra coating very often being referred to as "frosting"

Hi Derek,
Take a look at the excellent sugar site below. It lists sugar of all kinds (and shapes!). I think pearl sugar may be what you need here, defined as follows. Though pearl sugar is indeed granulated, the finer type is what first pops into my mind when I hear "granulated sugar", so this would solve that problem.
HTH,
Catherine

Pearl Sugar
Also called Decorative or Sanding Sugar
Lumps of refined sugar particles
Used as a decoration in baking

Please check the link below to see what granella looks like. It can also be used as an ingredient.

i agree with the literal translation given by fiona (see my post on her answer). however if this is going on the packaging as "name" it would be a bit to long to translate the whole sentence as "croissant with granulated sugar", and people would probably get confused. If the product is indeed a croissant with granulated sugar sprinkled on top after cooking, i would simply translate the whole sentence into "sugared croissant". This would be, to the brits, a croissant sprinkled with sugar. the correct choice should really be based on marketing implications

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(continuation)
and on how important the word \"granellato\" really is in the context (in my opinion not important at all)

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sorry not had my coffe either so keep hitting the wrong button.

so i would personally do as follows:

if is going in as name of the product: \"sugared croissant\"
if is going in as product description (say under the name) \"croissant sprinkled with granulated sugar\" as per fiona\'s translation.

again sorry for being so tedious

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Note added at 3 hrs 21 mins (2005-06-18 12:07:04 GMT)
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after seeing the posts i asked a british chef. he also is of the opinion the sugared croissant is the clearer description to the product. but is up to you

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Note added at 12 hrs 53 mins (2005-06-18 21:38:31 GMT)
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On second thought probably the best is for us to be able to sample the goods. So you could send us one each of this croissants so that we can view and taste them. this will allow us to come up with the definitive definition