WE all know how disastrous it can be if you get just one part of a recipe wrong – let alone an ingredient. And when a dish includes baking soda, baking powder or bicarbonate of soda, there’s bound to ...

As a food, sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda, has many uses. It’s added to a variety of baked goods as a leavening agent, which gives them a fluffy texture. Soaking beans in baking soda can improve ...

I have a rough idea of what most cake ingredients are. Eggs come from chickens, flour from ground-up grains, butter from cows, sugar from plants (gold star, please). Until sodium bicarbonate comes ...

There’s no evidence sodium bicarbonate can be used to cure cancer. Some studies have looked at its use in reducing tumour pH levels, but none have suggested it could be used as a cancer treatment in ...

You've likely heard that putting a box of baking soda in the refrigerator will neutralize any off-putting odors inside. Have you ever wondered, though, how a simple white powder can be so powerful?

Farmers are being urged to look into sourcing alternatives to sodium bicarbonate, with shortages in supply pushing prices of the product up by £80/t to £300/t. Carbon dioxide is an essential component ...

As North America's flu season ramps up, social media influencers are claiming baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, ...

Montpellier University Hospital leads a 43-center French effort that reports no reduction in day 90 all-cause mortality with ...