Sodium bicarb?

[reef dummy]

Im not going out in this weather. My wife is baking cookies and we are out of baking soda. I have some brs sodium bicarb but it says for aquarium use only. A little should be fine to bake with right? Please save me a trip to the store today, lol.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Sodium bicarb?

I'm guessing it's not as refined as "food" grade. Does it say pharmaceutical grade?

 

[reef dummy]

Sodium bicarb?

Yep.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Sodium bicarb?

I'm no expert, but why not? Maybe it's a legal thing they have to put on the bottle. Searching now

 

[reef dummy]

Sodium bicarb?

Thanks appreciate it. Cant imagine it not being ok but you never know.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Sodium bicarb?

Best answer I get from Lougle is that sodium bicarbonate comes in many different grades

 

[Cherub]

how were the cookies? lol

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Sodium bicarb?

how were the cookies? lol

+1

 

[reef dummy]

Sodium bicarb?

Ha! We have a two year old so we didnt risk it. Somebody else is going to have to try the experiment.

 

[jahmic]

Re: Sodium bicarb?

I take no responsibility for the info I'm about to provide ....but....

You probably would've been fine. Pharmaceutical grade is meant to indicate purity...and it is also safe for human consumption. BRS likely places that label of "aquarium use only" on there because they dispense the product into containers at a facility that also handles non food-safe chemicals. They can guarantee purity of their product...but can't promise that there wasn't any exposure to contaminants that would be harmful to ingest.