Potassium Bicarbonate

An excellent leavening agent as a low-sodium substitute for baking soda

 

Potassium bicarbonate is great sodium-free substitue for baking soda. It is useful for low-sodium diets by the allowing the baking sodium-free foods. It keeps well for a long time and still makes bread rise. Potassium bicarbonate is an odorless white powder that tastes slightly salty. It is a base, (the opposite of acid) and an excellent leavening agent as a low-sodium substitute for baking soda. Food grade and anhydrous. As a baking soda replacement for low-sodium applications, you need to use 100/84 or 1.19 times as much potassium bicarbonate – or 19% more than baking soda.

Benefits:

  • Regulates PH
  • Leavening agent
  • Deacidification of wine
  • Low sodium substitute
  • Substitute for baking soda
  • Garden supplement