Sodium Bicarbonate(E500)
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Sodium Bicarbonate is a acidulant — Alkali leavening additive in baked goods
Also: Bicarbonate of Soda, Baking Soda
What it does
Alkali leavening additive in baked goods
Where you'll see it
prepared pancake, biscuit, muffin mixes, baking powders, tomato soup
What the research says
May alter urinary excretion of other drugs
Benefits
Used as a gastric antacid
Regulatory status
- US FDA: GRAS
- EU: approved
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): an alkali used in prepared pancake, biscuit, and muffin mixes, as a leavening additive