No, Marshall is correct here. Every single thing on earth is made up of
smaller components. The molecules are made of elements, and the
Periodic Table is a useful representation of all known elements; ie,
the basic building blocks of all matter in the universe. The basic
building blocks of baking soda, which is also called sodium
bicarbonate, is : NaHCO3
Nacolite is the naturally occuring mineral form of baking soda. Trona
and Natron are some of the naturally occuring minerals of sodium
carbonate, and are mined. Baking soda is one of them. I don't think it
can just be taken out of the earth and used as is, I think they have to
purify it- in fact, according to wikipedia, nearly all the baking soda
is produced in the lab, and that is very pure.
Where aluminum might creep in is either through impurities in the rock,
unclean processing, or from some other error. Natural minerals often
have trace amounts of various elements in them, including many that can
be poisonous. I am sure that A&H goes the distance in assuring the
general safety of their soda.
On reading the thread you posted, it looks as if Bob's brand is made
from the nacolite rock in Colorado- even in the wiki article it talks
about that deposit, and how much more costly it is to get usable baking
soda- that is likely the reason for the cost difference. Nothing wrong
with using that, if that is what you feel like doing. It also states
that most is produced with a chemical reaction between soda ash and
carbon dioxide- that is exactly the natural process that occurs in the
rocks- the nacolite undergoes the reverse rxn and decays to that- and
probably to washing soda- sodium carbonate.
Anyway, baking soda has to be NaHCO3 or it can't be called that. It
can't have anything else in it, or it would violate labeling laws. It
should be very pure. With all that said, if I had cancer and wanted to
do the maple syrup/baking soda treatment, I would probably spring for
the Bob's brand, since it does have a track record of working for that.
If I was just baking cookies, I use arm and hammer. I love how it
cleans, too.
Best Wishes,
Kathryn
On Jul 20, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Jean Baugh wrote:
Hi Marshall,
Unlike other multi ingredient products, baking soda would have plenty
of
room to declare anything they wanted to.
A&H has not declared their baking soda to be aluminum free on the
boxes I
have, which are in date.
Here is an interesting link:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?p=14021666
Jean
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