Re: baking soda. vs Baking Powder and Aluminum

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Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate. Arm & Hammer Sodium Bicarbonate is

just Sodium Bicarbonate.

Baking powder is a commercial product used to leaven baked goods. It consists of

three ingredients: baking soda, the source of the carbon dioxide gas that causes

the dough or batter to rise; an acid, such as cream of tartar, calcium acid

phosphate, or sodium aluminum sulphate, which, when the powder is combined with

a liquid, causes the baking soda to release its gas; and a starch such as

cornstarch (cornflour) or flour, to prevent the powder from absorbing moisture.

There are Aluminum Free Baking Powders such as Rumford and another I forgot the

name of but the popular Calumet is sodium aluminum sulfate - a phosphate powder

in which the acid ingredients are sodium aluminum sulfate and calcium phosphate.

Can a non-aluminum containing product be accidentally contaminated? Of course,

just as 'natural' products have been contaminated with any kind of contaminant.

A & H Bicarbonate of Soda is just that and there is no need for it to contain

aluminum. It is a great refrigerator odor eliminator and is great along with

Peroxide as a tooth-paste. Consumers Report long ago heralded its use as a

tooth paste. It is a bit abrasive. It is also a fantastic under-arm

deodorant but one needs to watch the possible irritation because of its

abrasiveness.

Joe C.