What is the chemical name of baking soda?

1 Answer
Nov 30, 2016

Sodium hydrogencarbonate

Explanation:

Most of the time we would refer to NaHCO3 as sodium bicarbonate, and HCO3 as the bicarbonate ion.

Baking soda does contain other ingredients to help your cake to rise. We call it baking powder in Old Blighty.