AB Mauri Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) is a leavener. It is designed to raise doughs or batter, giving the finished baked good a porous structure and enhanced taste and texture. It produces excellent grain, texture, volume, flavor and crumb color for premium goods and is commonly used in a wide variety of bakery good such as cakes, cookies, pretzels, and batters. Baking soda, aka sodium bicarbonate, is used in baked goods to help them rise. Check out our baking soda, available in bulk or home use. The primary difference between baking soda and baking powder is that baking powder already contains an acid in the chemical mixture, whereas baking soda needs an acidic ingredient to create the rising reaction. Baking soda is also up to 4 times stronger than baking soda, so less baking soda is often required than using baking powder. Therefore, if one needs to substitute baking powder for baking soda (or vice versa), it is recommended to use one teaspoon of baking soda for 3 teaspoons of baking powder. Type 1 is a chemical leavener, also referred to as baking soda, and is designed to: *Provide a source of leavening * Classified as Type 1 soda designed to hydrate faster than standard baking sodas * Provide a source of carbon dioxide when used in conjunction with acidifying agents * Control the flavor and color of the end baked product *Control pH levels in the dough and baked product Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) Packaging: 2 lb Bag Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) Packaging: 50 lb Bag Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) Case: 12 - 2 lb Bags Shelf Life: 36 months Applications: AB Mauri Sodium Bicarbonate Type 1 is recommended for use in, but not limited to, biscuits, cookies, crackers, pretzels, baking powders, self rising flours, and prepared cake mixes. Preperation Instructions: Suggested usage levels based on 100-lbs. flour are: * Cookies 0.25 - 2.0%.*Crackers 0.50 - 2.0% Country of Origin: USA Kosher Certification Item Number: D-4523 AB Mauri North America is a division of AB Mauri, a global leader in yeast and bakery ingredient products. In addition to headquarters located in St. Louis Missouri, we have three production facilities in the United States Wilsonville, Oregon, Memphis, Tennessee, and Greenville, Texas, two in Canada LaSalle, Quebec and Calgary,Alberta, and one in Mexico Veracruz.We sell yeast under the Fleischmann's Yeast brand name. Additionally. our signature line of quatlity bakery ingredients including dough conditioners, mold inhibitors, leaveners,vinegars, malts, syrups, acidulants, and more are sold under the AB Mauri Bakery Ingredients brand name.