Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate of soda, is a popular baking ingredient. It gives foods like bread, cakes, muffins, and cookies a light, fluffy texture. That’s ...

Sodium bicarbonate or as it is commonly known, baking soda is a white crystalline solid with the formula NaHCO3. Sodium bicarbonate is formed by sodium cation (Na+) and bicarbonate anion (HCO3).