A food baking powder is usually called a special substance that is used to make some products splendid and friable. Most often, this ingredient is used to make various types of dough.
Baking powder is known to increase the volume of dough products by releasing a special gas. Usually it is about carbon dioxide. Baking powder is added to dough or flour. Chemical leavening agents differ significantly from common yeast. The former can work in doughs high in sugar, raisins, or nuts. In this case, you do not need to maintain a special temperature.
Usually a distinction is made between individual baking powder and special baking powders. Individual disintegrants include chemical compounds that form carbon dioxide when heated. Ammonium phosphates can often be used as disintegrants. As far as baking powders are concerned, they usually consist of three components, one of which is a carrier of carbon dioxide. Gas is released from baking powder when exposed to strong heat and moisture.
Other types of leavening agents include baker's yeast. These are mushrooms that are capable of releasing carbon dioxide into the dough during fermentation. Yeast differs from other leavening agents in that they release substances that affect the taste of foods. Chemical leavening agents are especially useful when baking yeast-free bread, muffins and some other confectionery products.
Baking soda is a baking powder in its own right. At sixty degrees, it breaks down into water, carbon dioxide and sodium carbonate. By the way, soda actively releases carbon dioxide when interacting with acids. Usually the dough has very little acidity, which is caused by dairy products. So, to enhance the specific loosening effect, flour is very often mixed with citric acid or tartaric acid is added to the liquid.
Unlike baking soda, ammonium carbonate breaks down completely into gas-containing components. In this case, no mineral salts are formed and the taste of the baked goods does not change. So it is recommended to use it in a lax dosage. True, ammonium carbonate also has such a disadvantage as instability during long-term storage. This baking powder is found in a variety of baking powders. Alternatively, baking powder can be prepared by yourself.
Baking powder is especially actively used in the manufacture of bakery and flour products, pies, muffins and other homemade baked goods.
