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Ingredient · Additive

Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)

Cleaner · 9/10, higher is cleaner

E-number E500

How we reached this

Sodium bicarbonate, GRAS under 21 CFR 184.1736, used as a chemical leavening agent. Recategorised from cleaning_active to additive: it appears in 31 FOOD products as a leavener, where cleaning_active maps to no scoring component. Well characterised, long use history; the only meaningful dietary consideration is sodium contribution.

Sources · 1

Regulatory position

European Unionpermitted
United StatesGRAS

Also listed as

E500NaHCO3sodium bicarbonate

Products containing this · 20

About this rating

Ratings run 1–10, higher is cleaner, and are set editorially against the sources above — see the methodology page for how an ingredient rating becomes part of a product score. Last reviewed 2026-08-16.