Tate & Lyle Pure Cane Caster Sugar in a 500 g pack from the UK, fine white crystals for sponges, meringues, custards and tarts.
Tate & Lyle Pure Cane Caster Sugar comes in a 500 g paper pack with yellow side panels printed with sugar cane stalks. The front carries the blue Tate & Lyle block logo, Pure Cane Caster in blue capitals with Sugar in yellow, a Union flag, and the line made in the UK since 1878. At the top a royal crest reads by appointment, sugar refiners, Tate & Lyle Sugars, London, and a recycling mark sits at the bottom corner. Commonly, caster sugar is described as finer than standard granulated sugar, so it dissolves quickly in batters, creams and cold mixtures. As general background, sucrose is a sugar made of glucose and fructose subunits and is the main constituent of white sugar. Commonly, pastry kitchens use caster sugar for whisked sponges, meringues, shortbread and sweetened cream, where large crystals would not dissolve in time. Lifestyle photos show a layered sponge cake, meringue nests with berries and a lemon tart.
