Kate Digs Up the Secret Ingredient of Icing Sugar

Kate Digs Up the Secret Ingredient of Icing Sugar | Food Unwrapped

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4 жыл бұрын

Icing Sugar feels very different from regular sugar... by why and how? Kate heads to a mine to discover how the secret ingredient in some icing sugar is retrieved.
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@flaguser4196 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't anti-caking agents be bad for cake?

@PlutoPlanetPower 3 жыл бұрын

underrated comment right here

@gr8potatosaurusofthunderfart 3 жыл бұрын

Thats y bakers use "cake flour" ... To combat the anti-caking property of icing sugar

@jonnaborosky8836 3 жыл бұрын

" Not yet. You have to practice a bit." Yes...just a bit! 😄

@loisavci3382 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Here in the US the anti-caking agent in icing sugar is almost always cornstarch.

@nvrluki7608 3 жыл бұрын

And your sugar is cane sugar, it’s because of lobbying.

@loisavci3382 3 жыл бұрын

@@nvrluki7608 Yep. and it's cornstarch in the icing sugar because the government hugely subsidizes corn, making cornstarch cheaper than stone (again, lobbying).

@elisalabarge3516 3 жыл бұрын

@@nvrluki7608 not always especially in the northern part of the US we have beet sugar too.

@nvrluki7608 3 жыл бұрын

@@elisalabarge3516 interesting, i didn’t know that. Will look into it 🙂

@miguelmarquez4192 2 жыл бұрын

Phosphoric acid dissolves the enamel on your teeth and weakens your bones...cornstarch is the safer option. Moreover, icing sugar can be purchased readily without additives in the states. Its not lobbying. Quit spreading lies.

@cassieoz1702 3 жыл бұрын

We would say that's the difference between 'pure icing sugar' (which tends to clump) and 'icing mix' (which doesn't). In some places they use corn starch instead

@chrisashby4497 3 жыл бұрын

The majority of the icing sugar available here in the states at our local stores has the cornstarch in it. We can get icing sugar without the starch but you have to go to specialty stores usually to find it.

@loisavci3382 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisashby4497 There's a brand or two that use tapioca starch: this is overpriced, but useful for folks with an allergy to corn. The other choice is grinding small batches of sugar in a coffee grinder.

@amazingusername8925 2 жыл бұрын

I find it interesting at the beginning of these videos, when they call various producers and distributers and ask them to explain exactly what it is they sell and none of them has the faintest idea. I find it staggering how many people are terrible at their jobs and have no real idea of what they are doing.

@batbratsdesigns 3 жыл бұрын

I never used icing sugar. I make icing by blending sugar with cornstarch. Its very simple. You just add butter and blend it together until it has standing peeks. Mine hardens to hold things like sprinkles and large cookies. You can flavor it with different flavors too. I like all natural ingredients.

@nadernayo 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful information

@PirateOfTheNorth 3 жыл бұрын

So I’m guessing icing sugar isn’t vegan?

@cptntwinkletoes 3 жыл бұрын

There's no actual organic matter in tricalcium phosphate... it's a mineral at this point. So it's vegan.

@PirateOfTheNorth 3 жыл бұрын

@@cptntwinkletoes ah right. I thought cos of the dead sea creatures it might not be. Then again it depends how far you want to go with veganism I suppose.

@cptntwinkletoes 3 жыл бұрын

@@PirateOfTheNorth Yeah exactly true, by that logic you could extend it to even plants not being vegan as they use fertilizer from animals. It's a rabbit hole for sure haha

@smithydll 3 жыл бұрын

@@PirateOfTheNorth It's not Level 5 vegan

@PirateOfTheNorth 3 жыл бұрын

@@smithydll 🤣