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Types
Of Culinary Sugar
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Culinary sugar
is available
in many forms, from "brown" or "raw" which is not truly raw, but
refined
from sugarcane) to highly refined "white" sugar.
- Turbinado
sugar is raw
sugar that has been steam-cleaned.
- Muscovado
sugar (UK) is dark brown with
about 13% molasses content, or light brown with about 6% molasses.
- Demarara
sugar has about 2% molasses.
Sugar comes
in lumps, grains
('granulated sugar') and powder. Caster sugar (British name) or
superfine
sugar (USA) is finely granulated white sugar for use in a sprinkler or
'caster', and is used for making meringues and for sweetening drinks.
Icing
sugar (British name) or confectioner's sugar (USA name) is finer than
caster
sugar, and is used for baking and in sugar icing.
Sugar
cubes, made of compacted
sugar granules, are used to sweeten drinks.
Palm sugar, or
jaggery, is
obtained from the sap of the palm tree and is used in southeast Asia.
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