Last week I was whipping up some cookies and realized I was out of powdered sugar. Grabbed Domino’s at the grocery store ’cause it’s the big red bag staring right at you, right? But while mixing my glaze, I wondered – what’s actually in this stuff, and is it trash for my body? Decided to dig deeper.
First step: Decoding that label
Shook the bag upside down and squinted at the tiny print. Only two ingredients listed: Cane Sugar and Corn Starch. That’s it. Weirdly simple. Pulled my reading glasses and scanned for anything sneaky – but no preservatives, no fake sweeteners, no vitamins pretending to make it healthy. Pure ground-up sugar with corn starch to stop clumping.
Testing it head-to-head
Baked two batches of vanilla icing using different sugars:
- Domino batch: Fluffed up perfect, tasted like sweet clouds
- Alternative batch: Tried coconut sugar blend – texture got grainy and tasted like dirt
Family taste test: Kids went full raccoon mode on Domino batch. Healthier version? Left untouched. Said it all.
Breaking down the health baggage
Lined up the facts on my kitchen counter like evidence:
- Pros:
- Clean ingredient list – nothing artificial
- Works damn well in recipes
- Cheap and lasts forever in pantry
- Cons:
- Basically cocaine for your pancreas
- Corn starch spikes blood sugar too
- Zero nutrients – it’s edible sand
Stared at my fancy monk fruit sweetener collecting dust. Felt guilty for half a second.
Final verdict
If you’re baking for Grandma’s birthday? Slam that Domino bag down. Texture matters. But chugging it daily? Don’t kid yourself. It’s literal sugar crystals. Switched to saving Domino for special treats after this experiment. Pancake Saturdays? Yes. Midday coffee dumping? Nah.
