DCHP-2

confectioners sugar confectioners' sugar, confectioner's sugar DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• n. — Food

  icing sugar.

  Type: 2. Preservation — Confectioners sugar is another name for what is more commonly known as icing sugar or powdered sugar. Icing sugar is not Canadian, despite earlier claims (see entry), while confectioners' sugar, now often without the apostrophe, is a British preservation. Chart 1 shows that today the term is most common in Canada, followed by the UK. Chart 2 shows that another variant, powdered sugar, is common in Commonwealth countries, but of limited use in the US.

  See also: berry sugar  icing sugar  icing ((3))  

  • Confectioners sugar (icing sugar) is finely granulated sugar with added cornstarch (see Canadian Sugar Institute reference).