How does powdered sugar stack up to regular sugar and artificial sweeteners in terms of sugar/carbohydrate content?
Sugar – Is powdered sugar a dietary alternative to granulated sugar
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Best Answer
Powdered sugar is, basically, just sugar, but with the grains ground to a fine dust.
To be very precise, powdered sugar sometimes contains an anti-caking agent like corn starch to prevent clumping but as far as nutritional values go, treat it like ordinary sugar.
So:
Powdered sugar is no sugar alternative because it is simply sugar.