Crystalline sugar composite powder and methods for making the same

A crystalline sugar composite powder, comprising:

• crystalline sugar particles, and
• sugar composite particles,
• wherein the crystalline sugar particles consist essentially of a sugar, and the crystalline sugar particles have a first average particle size,
• wherein each of the sugar composite particles consist essentially of cellulose fiber and a plurality of sugar crystals formed on a surface of the cellulose fiber, the plurality of sugar crystals consist essentially of the sugar, and the sugar composite particles have a second average particle size,
• wherein the first average particle size of the crystalline sugar particles is smaller than the second average particle size of the sugar composite particles.