I also think "Bob's Red Mill" brand propagates the rumor by stating "aluminum free!" on it's label, implying not-so-subtly that the other products DO have aluminum.
-Alan On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Guyot Léna <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marshall, > I think this whole myth began when some baking POWDERS had alumina sulfate. > > Be well, > Léna > > On May 21, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Marshall wrote: > > Bicarbonate of soda is a chemical, and a very cheap one at that. It is > NaHCO3. If it contains anything else, it is mislabeled and subject to > prosecution by the FDA. I don't know where this rumor came from that it > would contain anything else, certainly not alumina sulfate which would be > an expensive ingredient that would ruin the product. The test for aluminum > sulfate is to mix it with sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, or sodium > bi-carbonate. If aluminum sulfate is there it forms a white precipitate > and produces CO2. So, if it is there, all you have to do it mix it with > water, and it will foam producing carbon dioxide, and a white precipitate > forms. I have mixed A&H with water many times and no CO2 or precipitate > is formed, thus there is no aluminum sulfate in there. > > > http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_sodium_bicarbonate_or_baking_soda_contain_aluminum > > Marshall > > On 5/21/2012 3:38 PM, Alan Jones wrote: > > do you have any evidence to support this? > > -Alan > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:21 PM, 123 456 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yikes!!!!!!!!! >> on that Arm & Hammer bicarb stuff!! >> Run to the nearest Helath Food store and buy the bicrb there please >> The Arm & Hammer has alumina sulphate in it, >> no matter WHAT they say on the package. >> I'd rather trust my neigbourhood health food person than a supermarket >> or drug store >> if it's me. >> T >> >> > -- > Alan Jones > > "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor > prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or > to the people." (Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution) > > > > -- Alan Jones "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." (Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution)
