1, with different appearance. Sugar powder is a delicate white powder, very light; White sugar is a crystal-clear granular crystal, which is relatively coarse in texture and denser than powdered sugar.
2. Different uses. Sugar powder is usually used for baking and decoration, which can be well blended into batter or cake, or sprinkled on the surface of cake, cookies or dessert to increase the decorative effect; White sugar is a common edible sugar, which can be used for cooking, baking and flavoring, such as flavoring desserts, drinks, jams and so on.
3, the production process is different. Sugar powder is made by grinding ordinary white sugar, so the particles are very fine; White sugar is made from sugar or syrup extracted from sugar beet through crystallization, centrifugation and drying, so the crystal structure is large and the texture is rough.
4. Different ingredients. Sugar powder is a mixture of white sugar and corn starch, and the corn starch inside can prevent the sugar powder from caking due to moisture; White sugar is simple in composition and contains no starch.
5. Because powdered sugar contains corn starch, powdered sugar cannot be directly used instead of white sugar. However, if powdered sugar is needed, it can also be made by mixing white sugar and corn starch at the ratio of 10: 1.