This mixture of egg whites, icing sugar, and often a touch of lemon has a consistency thatcan be piped, but it dries hard for a smooth surface and is often used to create ornate cookie decorations. It can also be used to pre-make flowers or other cake decorations to be used at a later date, and it’s also what you use to make homemade sprinkles. It is not just white sugar, however, that has been known to utilise bone char in the processing. As many brown sugars are made by simply adding molasses to refined white sugar, bone char has sometimes been used in the processing of the white sugar before the molasses are added. Is Any White or Brown Sugar Vegan?

Cream the butter on medium speed, 3 to 5 minutes, in a standing mixer or with a hand mixer until soft, about 30 seconds. After adding the sugar, beat for 5–7 minutes on high speed until the mixture is fluffy. Use a hand mixer to beat softened butter for about 2 minutes. Beat until butter is smooth & creamy before adding remaining ingredients. Add confectioners’ sugar and milk of choice and use the hand mixer to combine. Beat for a few minutes, until you have a fluffy frosting. Yield If sugar comes from plants, it must be vegan, right? It is true to say that the sugar humans consume comes from plants (see below for more details), and if the sugar was extracted from the plant in question and served up to add to your coffee or sprinkle on your cereal, all would be fine and dandy. As such, any completely unrefined or “raw” sugar is therefore fine for vegans to consume. Bone Char

Cream the butter on medium speed, 3 to 5 minutes, in a standing mixer or with a hand mixer until soft, about 30 seconds. Incorporate the sugar and continue beating for 5–7 minutes, or until the mixture is fluffy and airy. Sanding sugar is another decorating sugar and comes in many colors. It also reflects light and gives of a sparkly shine. And, who doesn’t love their baked goods sparkly? Specialty product used on cereal, in puddings and fruit cakes, in marinades and sauces, or in coffee and tea When ready, beat in the vanilla or other extract of your choosing. All right, it's time to start using that buttercream.

Make sure everything is incorporated thoroughly in a food processor, and you can store it for up to a month! WHAT IS SUPERFINE SUGAR? Alas, it is the refining processes that is sometimes used (rather than the raw materials themselves) that can cause the issues for vegans. Specifically it is the use of bone char – the charred bones of animals – to filter out any material that would stop the sugar looking so white. Bone char is sometimes used in the processing of sugar, mainly that which has been extracted from sugarcane, rather than sugar beets. Refined, white sugar, processed into crystals or cubes of crystals tastes sweeter than brown sugars and is commonly used as an addition for tea/coffee and for cooking. While it is a less common name here in the U.S., it makes sense since icing, powdered or confectioners’ sugar is so perfect for making icings, frostings and fillings, such as the filling in my Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pie recipe. Here we outline some of the most popular types of sugar available to buy in the UK. Note that while we state some types of sugar, for example demerara sugar, are vegan-friendly, it is important to note that this is based on the conventional processes of production.The fine crystals in granulated sugar don’t cake together, which makes it perfect for measuring, sprinkling onto food and dissolving into drinks. Alternatively, you could opt for an alternative to sugar that you know to be vegan friendly. We list some of the main ones in our is honey vegan? article, as many will do the same job here, particularly when using them as a sweetening ingredient in cooking. Some of the best options include: White moist granulated sugar blended with small quantities of pure sugar syrups (molasses) that are selected for colour and taste