Powdered sugars contain around 3% starch by weight to absorb moisture and prevent caking, and therefore have a slightly floury taste and feeling on the tongue Forms of White Sugar: Names and Dimensions The lengths listed below are the approximate largest dimension of the whole or powdered crystals Our tongues sense particles larger than about 0.02 mm as gritty Large-grain sugars: 1–2 mm Coarse Sanding Pearl Standard granulated table sugar: 0.3–0.5 mm Fine granulated sugars: 0.1–0.3 mm Fruit Baker’s special Caster Superfine, ultrafine Powdered sugars: 0.01–0.1 mm Confectioner’s Powdered Fondant Icing Making cane sugar The initial processing of sugar cane into raw sugar is carried out in tropical and sub-tropical canegrowing countries; most of the subsequent refining of raw sugar into white sugar in consuming countries Beet sugar is made in essentially the same way, except that most sugar beets are grown in temperate industrialized countries and processed there, and beet molasses and syrups are not palatable OPPOSITE: Brown Sugars Brown sugars are sucrose crystals that are coated with a layer of dark syrup from one or another stage of sugar ... Powdered sugars: 0.01–0.1 mm Confectioner’s Powdered Fondant Icing Making cane sugar The initial processing of sugar cane into raw sugar is carried out in tropical and sub-tropical canegrowing countries; most of the subsequent... processed there, and beet molasses and syrups are not palatable OPPOSITE: Brown Sugars Brown sugars are sucrose crystals that are coated with a layer of dark syrup from one or another stage of sugar... refining of raw sugar into white sugar in consuming countries Beet sugar is made in essentially the same way, except that most sugar beets are grown in temperate industrialized countries and processed