In food processing, it is the most widely used loosening agent, which is used to produce biscuits, bread and so on. It is also the producer of carbon dioxide in soft drinks. It can be mixed with alum to make alkaline baking powder, mixed with soda ash to make civil caustic soda, and can also be used as butter preservative.

It can be used to produce rubber and sponge in the rubber industry, as a flux for casting steel ingots in the metallurgical industry, as a molding aid for cast steel (sand casting) in the mechanical industry, as a fixing agent for printing and dyeing, an acid-base buffer and a post-treatment agent for fabric dyeing and finishing in the printing and dyeing industry.

Adding baking soda during dyeing can prevent colored flowers from being produced in the bobbin. It can be used as the raw material of acidulant in pharmaceutical industry, and also as the detergent for soaking wool and seeds in agriculture.

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Precautions;

1. When baking soda powder is directly mixed with fat, saponification will occur. Too strong soap flavor will affect the flavor and quality of West Point.

2. If excessive sodium bicarbonate is added to West Point, it will not only destroy the quality and lead to excessive alkaline taste, but also cause symptoms such as palpitation, numbness of lips and temporary loss of taste.

3, baking soda powder is irritating to the respiratory system, pay attention to protect your respiratory tract when heating.

Reference source; Baidu encyclopedia-baking soda