Description

Sodium bicarbonate orsodium hydrogen carbonate is thechemical compound with the formulaNaHCO3.

Sodium bicarbonate is a white solid that iscrystalline but often appears as a fine powder. It has a slightly salty,alkaline taste resembling that of washing soda (sodium carbonate). The natural mineral form isnahcolite. It is a component of the mineralnatron and is found dissolved in manymineral springs.

It is among the food additives encoded, identified by the initialsE **0. Since it has long been known and is widely used, thesalt has many related names such asbaking soda,bread soda,cooking soda, andbicarbonate of soda.