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Tate and Lyle icing sugar

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jinglbellsfrocks Sun 09-Aug-15 18:11:14

Is anyone else finding that the icing you get from using it, now has a slight scrunch to it? As though the sugar hasn't been ground finely enough? Or have I got a rogue bag?

ginny Sun 09-Aug-15 18:46:40

I opened a new bag today and didn't notice any problem.

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 09-Aug-15 18:48:14

Oh that's weird. Must be just this batch. It's pretty awful. Like when you run out of icing sugar and try to make your own in the liquidiser.

ginny Sun 09-Aug-15 18:58:20

Did you check that the date is ok. Could have been one that got stuck at the back and got damp at some point. Maybe as you say just a rogue bag.

Greenfinch Sun 09-Aug-15 18:58:46

Never use that brand. Always use Lidl's. No problems.

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 12-Aug-15 18:42:52

Look. It wasn't a rogue packet Loads of people are complaining about it.

It's a disaster! What are we going to do? It's Tate and Lyle Icing Sugar, for goodness sake!

They can't do this. shock

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 12-Aug-15 18:43:34

(acknowledgements to *petra btw)

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 12-Aug-15 18:43:49

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thatbags Wed 12-Aug-15 19:04:45

The new maize formula "makes the sugar last for longer". Longer than what, for heaven's sake? Sugar lasts for a VERY long time already. I think they're talking bullshit.

HildaW Wed 12-Aug-15 19:07:38

You're so right thatbags.....sugar is a preservative and as long as its kept dry has a very long shelf life. Mind you not as daft as seeing sell-by dates on bags of salt!!!!

thatbags Wed 12-Aug-15 19:09:08

It'll be about cost.

HildaW Wed 12-Aug-15 19:11:17

Basically doing what the Victorians did.....adulterating foodstuffs with cheap alternatives.

ginny Wed 12-Aug-15 19:33:21

Hmm just read about this. Will have to use a different brand I suppose. Maybe if T & L loose enough sales they will go back to the original. Re earlier post, I must have been using a bag that had been in the cupboard for a while.

Luckygirl Thu 13-Aug-15 09:54:15

What an extraordinary thing for them to do! I would have thought that it was in the company's interests to create built-in obsolescence so they could sell more! I wish they would sell smaller packets, as I use it so seldom.

I used some at the weekend for my DD's birthday cake and it was indeed less smooth. Now I know why. I thought it was some faulty technique on my part, or the involvement of my 2 year old DGD!

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 13-Aug-15 10:21:35

Trouble is, Silver Spoon, being from sugar beet, does not make such a white icing. Will have to seek out a Lidl, as mentioned down the thread.

queenie53 Tue 22-Sept-15 16:20:13

There is one big benefit to the Tate and Lyle sugar having maize added - it doesn't fly everywhere when mixed with an electric mixer to make butter cream! I run my own home based celebration cake business so I make a lot of butter cream and love the fact that my kitchen no longer resembles a winter wonderland scene and I am not sticking to the floor any more.

shysal Tue 22-Sept-15 16:36:06

I am glad I use Whitworth's these days! It comes in a re-sealable bag, so it takes up less space than a box when part used.

rosequartz Tue 22-Sept-15 17:49:51

I would have thought maize starch would make it go off more quickly.

Greyduster Tue 22-Sept-15 18:53:28

I use a lot of icing sugar (always making cupcakes for various fund raising events). I use Aldi's. It's very quick and easy to put through the sieve, which Silver Spoon isn't always. Haven't used T&L for a long time.