Icing sugar & decorative powder Raftisnow®
We offer a wide range of icing sugars for baked goods and confectionery, sweets and the pharmaceutical industry.
Our icing sugar has many uses: as a garnish, for mixing glazes or as icing, for dusting baked goods, for making sugar confectionery, as a coating in the confectionery industry and as a carrier in pharmaceutical applications.
We also offer our Raftisnow® decorative powder for special applications. Our decorative powder is temperature and moisture stable, making it ideal for applications where stability is particularly important: for dusting chilled, frozen or warm products, for dusting fatty baked goods and for packaged baked goods.
Our icing sugar portfolio differs in terms of fineness, flowability and stability:
- Pure icing sugar in various particle sizes (standard or fine)
- Icing sugar with flow aid (potato or corn starch)
- Raftisnow® decorative powder with higher performance in terms of moisture and temperature stability.
Icing Sugar
Südzucker icing sugar is made from ground beet sugar. This produces fine icing sugar in powder form. It is available in various particle sizes, standard (min. 80%<0.100mm) or fine (min. 70%<0.032mm). It is carefully conditioned to ensure it remains free-flowing and clumping is minimised.
Our icing sugars are particularly free-flowing. We can offer icing sugar with potato or corn starch, used as a free-flowing agent.
| Icing Sugar Product | Crystal size for % weight in sugar | Anticaking agents |
| Pure Icing Sugar | Min. 80 % < 0.100 mm | No |
| Pure Icing Sugar Fine | Min. 70 % < 0.032 mm | No |
| Icing Sugar with Starch | Min. 80 % < 0.100 mm | Starch derived from potatoes or corn |
Application Advantages of Icing Sugar
- Thanks to its fine grain size, icing sugar dissolves quickly and can be distributed evenly in mixtures.
- Thanks to special conditioning and optional anti-caking agents, our icing sugars remain free-flowing and easy to handle for optimal processing.
- With its particularly white colour and fine texture, our icing sugar gives icings an even, brilliant white colour.
- Südzucker icing sugars are made from beet sugar and are also available in EU organic quality (DE-ÖKO-003).
Product Information Icing Sugar
Quality Characteristics of Icing Sugar
Quality Through Certifications
At Südzucker, we are strongly committed to complying with recognized certification standards in order to achieve the highest quality for our products.
To find the certification documents relevant to you, please use our document search, which allows you to search by document type and country of origin of Südzucker products.
Icing Sugar for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Our icing sugar is available in pharmaceutical grade. For more information about our sucrose-based excipients, please visit here.
Our ‘Ph’ sugar for pharmaceutical use is subject to strict quality control during production in accordance with sugar-specific methods that are validated globally by the ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis).
As our control plans include regular analyses in accordance with the methods specified in the applicable monograph for sucrose, all our ‘Ph’ sugar references meet the requirements of the sucrose monograph of the European Pharmacopoeia (PhEur) (with the exception of dextrins and endotoxins).
Icing Sugar for your Application
Our icing sugar is perfectly suited for a wide range of applications. It provides baked goods with a fine, even coating and serves as the ideal base for icings, glazes, and fillings. In confectionery production, it can also be used as a coating for pralines and dragées. It contributes to the softness and crispness of the macaron’s shell, helps form its base and is essential for the creamy texture of the meringue. Additionally, our icing sugar serves as a carrier substance in pharmaceutical products.
With our high-quality solutions, you can ensure optimal processing and premium quality.
On request, we customize our icing sugar to meet your specific requirements—whether through different fineness levels, tailored blends, or functional additives such as anti-caking agents. With our high-quality solutions, you can ensure optimal processing and premium quality.
Raftisnow®: Decorative Powder for Moisture and Temperature Variations
Icing sugar impresses with its fine texture and versatility. In applications where particularly high stability under varying humidity and temperature conditions is required, our Raftisnow® decorative powder offers even better appearance and shelf life – ideal for shortbread, sponge cakes and stollen.
Raftisnow® is particularly good for dusting/sprinkling chilled or frozen baked goods and products with moist or greasy surfaces (cakes, biscuits, doughnuts), as well as for use in packaged and long-stored products.
The use of our decorative powder ensures a consistent and attractive finish on both packaged and unpackaged baked goods. Raftisnow® is a fine, white decorative powder based on icing sugar, coated with a layer of vegetable fat and wheat starch.
Other names for our decorative powder are: powdered snow, decorative snow, decorative icing or sweet snow.
Raftisnow® at a Glance
Our icing sugar forms the basis for Raftisnow®.
To produce Raftisnow®, we coat icing sugar particles with a film made from RSPO-certified palm fat and non-GMO wheat starch.
| Product name | Vegetable fat | Melting point |
| Raftisnow® SG | Palm fat | 38°C |
| Raftisnow® Extra SG | Palm fat | 55°C – 60°C |
| Raftisnow® Palm free | Cocoa butter | 30°C – 35°C |
Application Advantages of Raftisnow®
- Moisture and temperature resistant on greasy, damp surfaces and warm baked goods.
- Perfect for chilled, frozen or packaged products and environments with high humidity.
- Attractive appearance – the quality of the dusting is retained.
- Made from RSPO-certified palm fat and non-GMO wheat starch.
Quality Features of Raftisnow®
Raftisnow® decorative powder is halal and kosher certified and is made from GMO-free sugar beet.
We will be happy to send you the product specifications on request.
Product Information Raftisnow®
Do you want more information on our Icing Sugar products and Raftisnow®? Are you interested in products with or without starch?
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FAQs for Icing Sugar & Decorative Sugar Raftisnow®
Product Specifications of Icing Sugar & Raftisnow®
Our icing sugars cover various particle sizes:
• Standard icing sugar: min. 80% < 0.100 mm
• Fine icing sugar: min. 70% < 0.032 mm
Our icing sugar is produced by grinding white sugar, which is made from sugar beet. The particle size has a significant influence on the consistency and stability of the end product. Due to its fine grain size, icing sugar dissolves particularly quickly and evenly in liquids, which makes it much easier to process. The small grain size of icing sugar contributes to its good flow properties – an advantage that is particularly useful in industrial processing. In applications such as glazes, the small grain size ensures a smooth and homogeneous texture, a pleasantly creamy mouthfeel and a bright white surface.
Our Südzucker icing sugar is available both with and without anti-caking agents. The standard icing sugar and fine icing sugar do not contain any additives. Depending on the application, potato or corn starch may be added as an anti-caking agent to preserve flowability and prevent clumping.
For information on additives in our various types of icing sugar, please refer to our product specifications, which can be downloaded here.
Yes, upon request and for large quantities, we can provide industrial customers with EU organic-certified (DE-Öko-003) icing sugar made from beet sugar.
Applications of Icing Sugar and Decorative Sugar Raftisnow®
Our icing sugar is ideal for the following applications:
• Baked goods
• Confectionery and sugar confectionery
• Glazes & fillings
• Pharmaceutical excipients
Our icing sugar is available in pharmaceutical-grade quality.
Our “Ph” sugar for pharmaceutical purposes is subject to strict quality control during production using sugar-specific methods that are validated globally by the ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis).
For more information on sugars for pharmaceutical use, please visit Sucrose-Based Excipients for Pharmaceutical Products
We have developed our Raftisnow® decorative powder for these applications. We coat Raftisnow® sugar particles with a film made from RSPO-certified palm fat and non-GMO wheat starch. This is why our Raftisnow® decorative powder is temperature and moisture stable and does not run or melt on greasy or moist surfaces. It is therefore particularly suitable for use on greasy, chilled or packaged products. The melting point of Raftisnow® is between 30 and 60 degrees, depending on the product (Raftisnow® SG, Extra SG or palm oil-free).
Our standard icing sugar does not remain visible when refrigerated or on moist surfaces. We have developed Raftisnow® decorative powder for this purpose. It looks like icing sugar, but Raftisnow® particles are coated with a film made from RSPO-certified palm fat and non-GMO wheat starch. This makes it temperature and moisture stable. It therefore remains visible even on moist or greasy surfaces. Our Raftisnow® decorative powder is also designed not to clump, even when used on chilled, warm or greasy surfaces.
Product specifications for our icing sugars, including sensory characteristics, nutritional information in accordance with EU regulations, and information on allergens, certifications, storage conditions and shelf life, can be downloaded from the icing sugar page on our website.
Yes, our icing sugar products are subject to strict quality and safety standards. We undergo industrial certification with recognized and established certification systems such as IFS, HACCP, Halal, Kosher, Organic and RedCert.
As we know that this is an important aspect of your decision-making process, please use our document finder, where you can filter specifically for the desired document type and the respective Südzucker production site.
Storage & Packaging of Südzucker Icing Sugar and Decorative Powder Raftisnow®
We only supply sugar to wholesalers and industrial customers. Information for private customers can be found on our B2C websites.
Our icing sugars, available with or without starch, come in 10 kg, 20 kg, or 25 kg bags. The minimum order quantity is one pallet.
Raftisnow® decorative powder is available in 5 kg bags. The minimum purchase quantity varies depending on the delivery area, so please contact us directly using the contact form.
We recommend storage of our icing sugar in a cool, dry place (relative humidity ≤ 65%), ideally at temperatures between 15°C and 25°C and away from strong sources of odour.
Please store Raftisnow® in a cool dry location (relative humidity ≤ 65 %), preferably at 20°C +/- 5°C, and away from strong odours. Under these conditions, in the unopened, original packaging, the product can be stored for 12 months after the production date.
Icing sugars without anticaking, according to European Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (Annex X, 1d), don’t require any mention of best-before date. Under the right storage conditions, icing sugar without anticaking in its unopened original packaging retains its specific properties and has a practically unlimited shelf life.
Icing sugar with starch has a minimum shelf life. Please refer to the specifications.
Please store Raftisnow® in a cool dry location (relative humidity ≤ 65 %), preferably at 20°C +/- 5°C, and away from strong odours. Under these conditions, in the unopened, original packaging, the product can be stored for 12 months after the production date.
