So icing sugar, for instance, dissolves more quickly in water than does the granulated form.

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Nor is it as granulated or icy as granite, the Italian, semi-frozen flavored ice that can be made without an ice cream machine.

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Texas inspectors also found that the air handling system was pulling debris from the infested crawl space into production areas at the Plainview plant, which processes peanut meal, granulated peanuts and roasted peanuts.

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It begins with the sugarcane pulp, which is processed into various forms: from the liquid sugar used to make soft drinks, to the more syrupy sugar used to make hard candy, VHP sugar for exportation, refined and granulated sugar.

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