Pearl Sugar

Pearl Sugar

AKA: nib sugar or hail sugar
Family: Poaceae

Pearl sugar is made from either Sugarbeet or Sugar Cane. It is a coarse, hard texture with an opaque colour. Doesn’t melt when exposed to high temperatures. Commonly used in Scandinavian baking to decorate pastries, cookies, and buns.

Sugarbeet
Sugar Cane

The Amaranthaceae Family

a family of flowering plants


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Eudicots   Order: Caryophyllales  



The Poaceae Family

a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses
AKA: Gramineae


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids   Order: Poales