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Describe the composition of baking powder and explain the part it plays in the baking industry



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Baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate, other bicarbonates, and acid salts. Baking powder is a leavening agent produced by the mixture of an acid reacting with an alkali reacting one. These baking acids are tartrate, phosphate, and sodium aluminium sulphate, used alone or in combination.

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