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2. Baking powder - Wikipedia

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   Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The base and acid are prevented from reacting prematurely by the inclusion of a buffer such as cornstarch. Baking powder is used to increase the volume and lighten the texture of baked goods.

3. Disodium pyrophosphate - Wikipedia

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   It is an acid source for reaction with baking soda to leaven baked goods. [4] In baking powder, it is often labeled as food additive E450. [5] In cured meats, it speeds the conversion of sodium nitrite to nitrite (NO − 2) by forming the nitrous acid (HONO) intermediate, [clarification needed] and can improve water-holding capacity.

4. Ammonium carbonate - Wikipedia

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   It was the precursor to today's more commonly used baking powder. Originally made from ground deer horn and called hartshorn, today it is called baker's ammonia. It is prepared by the sublimation of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and calcium carbonate and occurs as a white powder or a hard, white or translucent mass. [4]

5. Category:Baking powder - Wikipedia

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   Royal Baking Powder Company; W. Warren Wright Sr. Z. William Ziegler (industrialist)

6. The Difference Between Baking Soda And Baking Powder - AOL

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   Both baking soda and baking powder are leaveners, used in baking to help baked goods rise. Interestingly, baking powder contains baking soda, but not the other way around. The two cannot be ...

7. Here's the Real Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking ...

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   But you can make your own baking powder: combine 2 tablespoons of baking soda with 1/4 cup of cream of tartar and pass it several times through a sifter. Some cooks believe the DIY baking powder ...

8. Baking Powder vs Baking Soda: Why You Can’t Just Swap Them

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   To use baking powder when baking soda is called for: Simply use 3 times the amount of baking powder. So if your recipe calls for 1 teaspoon baking soda so you would need 3 teaspoons of baking powder.

9. Sodium alum - Wikipedia

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   Sodium aluminium sulfate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaAl(SO 4) 2 ·12H 2 O (sometimes written Na 2 SO 4 ·Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ·24H 2 O). Also known as soda alum, sodium alum, or SAS, this white solid is used in the manufacture of baking powder and as a food additive. Its official mineral name is alum-Na (IMA symbol: Aum-Na [3]).