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Superfine or 10X sugar (also known as Ultrafine, bakers, castor or bar sugar) is regular sugar that has been ground into a fine powder. It will dissolve easily into beverages and baking mixes. This differs from powdered sugar (or confectioner's sugar) because of the addition of cornstarch to prevent the powdered sugar from caking and powdered sugar is even finer.
If you have no powdered sugar, you can put some granulated (regular) sugar in a blender with a pinch of cornstarch and process it.Ask a QuestionHere are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question.
What is 10x sugar? Super fine?
By sooz
That usually refers to powdered sugar (confectioners sugar). There may be a difference between superfine and 10x, but I have never seen 'superfine' on a bag of sugar, only read it in recipes.
Is 10x sugar one of the purest forms of sucrose?
I am not sure what you mean by purest. Sucrose is cane or beet sugar.
If that is what is on the ingredient list, I would hope it would be pure (at least in the US per FDA guidelines).
10 X is just the number of times it is processed to get it into the fine crystals. Confectioner's sugar is 10 times/milled processed to be the fine (itty bitty size crystals).
If this isn't what you are asking, please post back and I will see what I can do to help! Thanks!
Powdered sugar, confectioners sugar and 10x are the same thing. 10x refers to how fine the sugar is.
10x, Confectioners, Powdered Sugar and icing sugar are the same just called different names and are all interchangeable in recipes.
All of these are just sugar; ground very, very fine with a little cornstarch added to keep it from lumping. You can make your own if you grind regular sugar to powder, add a little cornstarch and strain it through a fine mesh strainer.
