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For some recipes you can replace it with baking powder.
After looking at other sites i came to the conclusion that they are the same. i think the Americans use the term baking soda where the English use bicarbonate of soda.Actually brits use both, the...
No it doesn't, and never mix soda with baking soda and drink it it would be disgusting.
An alternative is baking powder. Baking powder contains baking soda.