The chemical name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which can be used in food, medicine, chemistry, tanning, fire-fighting preparations, biological farming, detergents, environmental protection and desulfurization, sterilization and poison control, and bath health care industries.

The food baking soda is mainly used as a food additive, or in beverage sodas as a carbon monoxide generator, baking soda is a common food bulking agent, in the use of the process will react with gastric acid to produce carbon dioxide and sodium carbonate, baking soda is just a food additive, can only be used in small amounts.

If you eat too much is harmful to the human body, will cause indigestion, so in the process of cooking, especially in the making of steamed buns, do not put too much baking soda, in addition to put too much edible baking soda, will also lead to the appearance of steamed buns yellow, astringent taste of the situation.