6/6/2023 0 Comments Er natron baking soda“I was never inquisitive to read the product label while purchasing baking powder or considerate enough to choose a branded product for improving quality of cake.”īaking being a simple leavening process in 16th century using sour milk and soda ash carbonate must have required advanced chemical intervention in 19th and 20th century.Īcross centuries, scientists have been busy to understand functional and mechanistic details of baking process to reduce off-flavours and chemical precursors used in the food industry. Fiogf49gjkf0dProduct label of commonly marketed baking powder in the US reads Sodium bicarbonate, Calcium phosphate, Sodium pyrophosphates, Sodium aluminium phosphates, Corn starch and Fibre, whereas famous American Cookery Magazine of 1769 mentions use of Pearl ash or Soda ash as baking ingredient by Amelia Simmons.
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