Learn more about ammonium bicarbonate
Ammonium bicarbonate is a white powder used as a kneading agent and added to various baked and crispy products, such as puff pastries, flat bread, and crackers. During the cooking process, there may be unpleasant odors and ammonia gas, but this odor will not remain when eating cooked food and will not attract attention.
The result of using ammonium bicarbonate is a light, brittle, and slightly fluffy cooked product. Today we have replaced baking powder and baking soda.
When ammonium bicarbonate is added to a pastry or dough mixture, heated to room temperature or baked in an oven, it is activated because heat is a catalyst that can activate chemical reactions that produce gases. A chemical reaction releases a gas (ammonia) that causes cooked food to expand.
Place candy in a sealed container, such as a glass bottle with a lid. If stored in a cool and dry place, you can store it for many years. When a recipe suggests using ammonium bicarbonate, you can replace it with an equal amount of baking powder if necessary. To check if it is still active, add one tablespoon of ammonium bicarbonate to lemon juice or vinegar to see if gas is generated. If it weren't for this situation and no gas was generated, it would be outdated.
The use of ammonium bicarbonate
Ammonium bicarbonate can be used in food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, health and personal care, agriculture, animal feed, and poultry. Ammonium bicarbonate is used as a reinforcing agent for flat baked goods, such as biscuits and other similar applications in the food industry.
Compared to baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate does not affect the taste of flat baked goods. Ammonium bicarbonate can also be used as a flame retardant in the production of plastics and rubber. In the fertilizer industry, ammonium bicarbonate can be used as a cheap source of ammonia.
The uses of ammonium bicarbonate are as follows:
In food
Ammonium bicarbonate can be used as a puffing agent and food processing agent for flat baked goods, such as biscuits and crispy biscuits.
In the beverage
Ammonium bicarbonate can be used as a foaming agent in beverages
At the pharmacy
Ammonium bicarbonate is widely used in drug production
Products related to fire protection
Ammonium bicarbonate used as a preservative in fire extinguishing capsules
When producing dense sponges
Application of ammonium bicarbonate in production of foam rubber sheet and strip
In terms of personal health and care
Ammonium bicarbonate can be used as a pH regulator and buffer (to stabilize the pH value of the product)
Used for agriculture, animal feed, poultry feed
Ammonium bicarbonate can be widely used in agriculture, animal feed, and poultry feed
In other industries
It is also used as fertilizer, pH buffer, and reagent in chemical laboratories. Other projects in the industry are used to produce paints, pharmaceuticals, catalysts, ceramics, flame retardants, plastics, and other products.
Suggest using ammonium bicarbonate
Ammonium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate are the most commonly used kneading agent additives in the baking industry, as they release carbon dioxide when they reach specific temperature and humidity conditions.
When ammonium bicarbonate is commonly used, it decomposes above 40 ℃, releasing CO2, H2O, and NH3. Adding other chemical reagents is to prevent the impact of ammonia on the product.
As for ammonium bicarbonate, its daily intake and acceptable standards (ADI) are not regulated by the Joint FAO/WHO Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), as its use does not pose a risk to food safety.
