The word 'sachet' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a small, sealed package of a product, such as a packet of powdered soup mix, spices, medication, small toys, etc. Example sentence: I bought a sachet of chocolate sprinkles to top off my ice cream sundae.
As I tip a sachet of sweetener into my daily almond milk latte, it occurs to me I've discovered something new that, one day, I'm going to have to quit.
(I was relieved to find none resembled the reformed, oddly juicy sort that come along with a little sachet of peanut butter sauce, still sold at supermarket deli counters).
There is the individually wrapped one-rupee biscuit and the one-wash sachet of shampoo, both luxuries for the rural consumer.Nokia, which has a remarkable share of nearly three-quarters of the GSM mobile-handset market, has a similar tale to tell.
And the firm will soon launch Vanish Oxi-Action Magnet, a stain remover in a sachet, and an improved version of Cillit Bang Multi Power Lime & Grime and Degreaser.Mr Becht attributes his firm's success to its innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
Romanian uses -aş (baieţaş 'little boy'), but the other languages prefer derivatives of Latin -ittus (especially in Spanish: arbolito 'little tree,' señorita 'Miss, young lady,' etc.; but also French sachet 'little sack,' Italian foglietta 'little leaf,' etc).
Grated nutmeg has been used as a sachet; the Romans used it as incense.
It usually consisted of a ration box, meant to last the whole day, comprising a sachet of orange juice, several packs of sweets, a chewy energy bar and two meals contained in silver, heatable, plastic packages; described, variously, as paella, or spaghetti carbonara, the contents were unrecognisable.
Something told me that the visiting panel of judges, Gregg Wallace, Paul Rankin etc, might gaze churlishly at my sachet of butterscotch Angel Delight set over a bed of Cadbury's Animals in a chipped Pyrex dish (preparation time 3 and a half minutes, no chilling required).
In this market, innovation looks different: It looks like the Tata Nano, or like CavinKare's shampoo-in-a-sachet, or like Godrej's ChotuKool refrigerator.
My oldest son embraced an object that was never meant for a child at all — a small, sachet-like pillow that I told him, at an impressionable age, was filled with lavender and would make his sleep deep and pleasant.
Internationally trademarked as Plumpy'Nut by the French company Nutriset, a 150-sachet carton can restore a severely malnourished child to health in six to 12 weeks.
