Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, or icing sugar, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains between 2% and 5% of an anti-caking agent – such as corn starch, potato starch or tricalcium phosphate – to absorb moisture, prevent clumping, and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, a proxy for powdered sugar can be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Confectioners' sugar
very fine sugar which contains a small amount of anti-caking agent
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English:
Powdered sugarIcing sugarconfectioner's sugar
French:
sucre en poudre
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Q151070
Wikipedia title:
Powdered sugar
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