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What is Tata powder? Can I use baking powder instead?
Tata powder is a kind of compound leavening agent, which is a white powder made of soda powder, acidic materials and corn flour as filler. Baking powder is a rapid starter, which is mainly used for the rapid fermentation of grain products. In the production of cakes, cakes, steamed buns, steamed bread, shortbread, bread and other foods, the dosage is large.

Baking powder and tata powder are mainly used as quick loosening agents for flour food, which can be used instead of each other.

Although baking powder contains soda powder, it is added with acid powder (such as Tata powder) after precise detection to balance its pH value. Therefore, basically, although baking powder is alkaline, baking powder on the market is neutral.

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Principle of baking powder

When baking powder is in COntact with water, acidic powder and alkaline powder are dissolved in water at the same time, which will cause chemical reaction, and some of them will start to release carbon dioxide (co? ), in addition, in the process of baking and heating, more gas will be released, which will make the product expand and soften.

As for corn flour as a filler in baking powder, it is mainly used to separate acidic powder and alkaline powder in baking powder to avoid their premature reaction. Baking powder should also be preserved as far as possible to avoid premature failure due to moisture.

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