Sugars, powdered

Powdered sugar, sugar milled fine and blended with a touch of cornstarch, scores 3 of 100 (Low band), ranking 54th of 60 in Sweets against a category median of 9. It has no standout nutrients to report; at 389 calories per 100 grams it is essentially pure carbohydrate, almost all of it sugar.

It's the sugar reached for when icing a cake or dusting a batch of cookies, with a cup unsifted weighing about 120 grams. The caveat is straightforward: it's high in sugars at 97.8 grams per 100 grams, among the most concentrated of any sweetener measured here. Honey ranks a little higher in the same Sweets category, though it carries its own sugar load.