White Granulated Sugar
This is what you typically find in your sugar bowl.
It’s the most common sugar called for in recipes when cooking and baking.
“Regular” sugar granules are fine because small crystals are ideal for bulk handling and not susceptible to caking.
Granulated sugar is also sometimes known as white sugar, or “regular” sugar.
Granulated sugar has had all of the naturally present molasses refined out of it. It is the sugar that is most commonly used in baking.
what "granulated" even means. Something that is granulated is made up of many tiny pieces. The gran in the word granulated comes from the Latin granum, which means "grain" or "seed." This word is good for describing things like sugar or salt that feel gritty. Granulated sugar has this coarse feeling because it has had all of the naturally present molasses refined out of it.
Confectioners Or Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar is simply granulated sugar ground to a smooth powder and then sifted.
Commercially available powdered sugar is mixed with a small amount of cornstarch (3%) to prevent caking.
It is often used in icings, confections and whipping cream.
You can make it at home: blend 1 cup of white sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch to get 1 cup of powdered sugar.
New bakers often get confused when they see the words “powdered sugar” and “confectioners’ sugar” used interchangeably. But this is because confectioners’ sugar and powdered sugar are the same thing!
Powdered or confectioners’ sugar is granulated sugar that has been finely ground and mixed with a small amount of cornstarch to prevent cake
This is the sugar we commonly use for frostings, glazes, and that snowy covering on doughnuts that no doubt is all over your face and hands with the first bite.
Fruit Sugar
Fruit sugar is smaller and more uniform in crystal size than regular sugar.
It is used in dry mixes, such as gelatin and pudding desserts or powdered drinks.
The uniformity of crystal size prevents settling of the sugar crystals to the bottom of the box, an important quality in dry mixes.
fruit sugar,” fructose is a naturally occurring sugar found primarily in fruits (such as apples, dates, figs, pears and prunes), but also in vegetables (such as artichokes, asparagus, mushrooms, onions and red peppers), honey, sugar beets and sugar cane. Pure fructose is produced commercially from corn or sucrose into a crystalline form for use as an ingredient in packaged foods and beverages.
Superfine Sugar
Also known as caster or bar sugar, this sugar has the smallest crystal size of white granulated sugars.
It is generally used in making delicate or smooth desserts, such as mousse or puddings.
Because the crystals are so fine, they dissolve easily, even in cold drinks.
Superfine sugar is simply granulated sugar ground more finely. It’s called for in recipes where a faster dissolving granule is needed. Superfine sugar is also sometimes called ultrafine sugar, bar sugar or caster sugar. These sugars have the smallest crystal size of white granulated sugar. Superfine sugar is generally used in making delicate or smooth desserts such as mousse, meringues or puddings.
Coarse Sugar
Coarse sugar has a larger crystal size than regular sugar.
It results from the crystallization of molasses-rich sugar syrups that are high in sucrose.
The large crystal size makes it highly resistant to color change or inversion (natural breakdown to fructose and glucose) at cooking and baking temperatures, important characteristics for use in making fondants, confections and liquors.
The larger size of the crystals (about the size of pretzel salt) makes the sugar stronger and more resistant to heat. This type of sugar also helps to give baked goods or candy a little texture.
Coarse sugar is used mainly for decorating and comes in a rainbow of colors. Because of this, it is sometimes called decorating sugar.
Sanding Sugar
Sanding sugar can have large or fine crystals—both types reflect light and give the product a sparkling appearance.
It is used mainly in baking and confectionery as a sprinkle on top of baked goods (often in fun colors!).
Sanding sugar is another large-crystal sugar. It is between white granulated and coarse sugar in size.
Sanding sugar is another decorating sugar and comes in many colors. It also reflects light and gives of a sparkly shine
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