What is the difference between baking powder and bicarbonate of soda?

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asked Oct 6, 2018 in Recipes by gregoriad (320 points)
What is the difference between baking powder and bicarbonate of soda?

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answered Oct 6, 2018 by Christeen (70,120 points)
There's really no difference between bicarbonate of soda and baking powder.

Really the only difference between baking powder and bicarbonate of soda is in the name.

It's most commonly called Baking Powder in the USA while in other countries baking powder is referred to as Bicarbonate of soda.

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