Potassium Bicarbonate - 1 lb.

I use it as a low-sodium baking powder/baking soda replacement. Works good! I use 1/3 the amount called for in the recipe and if there is no acidic ingredient in the recipe, I will add one like cream of tartar, vinegar, etc. Would buy again.

My wife uses this in place of baking soda because she needs to drastically restrict her sodium intake and boost her potassium. This works well as a substitute (she also adds cream of tartar to make baking powder when she needs it). Quality and price are good so we're very happy with it.

Great product to treat powdery mildew in plants

I have acid reflux and type 1 diabetes. I use this product by adding it in small amounts to any acidic drinks or soups I consume. Because of the diabetes, I am on low dose Lisinopril, even though I blood pressure values are only classified as borderline without it (120's over 70's). I only recently contracted the acid reflux problem, so I first started controlling that by adding small amounts of baking soda to neutralize acidic substances, but quickly realized that I was probably creating too much of an imbalance of sodium over potassium. For that reason, I chose to make a switch to a non-sodium antacid.What either sodium or potassium bicarbonate does to an acidic food or drink is essentially the baking soda and vinegar reaction, except that citric or phosphoric acid present in soups and drinks are triprotic. I only add enough to accomplish roughly 1/3 of full neutralization, which means that adding 1.2 grams of KHCO3 to a 2 L coke will convert the H3PO4 to KH2PO4, thereby raising the pH to the point where it is no longer phosphate controlled, but carbonate-controlled at roughly 4.0 instead of the low 2's. In sodas, the carbonic acid is about 20 times more abundant than phosphoric acid, but is far weaker, so it alone can only push the pH down to roughly 4.0. I wasn't able to do such detailed number crunching for other types of drinks or soups, but I at least know the approximate amounts I should be adding are a fraction of a percent.I would estimate that I consume no more than 2 grams of KHCO3 per day, which is a small fraction of the RDA for potassium because the amount I add to anything is limited by taste. If too much is added, it ruins it. I believe this approach is actually safer than swallowing pills because I am relying on the taste buds which are there to provide some measure of protection against poisoning.I have noticed that my blood pressures are much better when using this on a regular basis, even when I don't take the Lisinopril. However, the benefits are much more short-lived.

The product is great, I am using it for my organic gardening. I am very pleased with everything about it.My only suggestion for the seller is to have shipping, tape the edges of the box it is shipped in - it comes in a box with adhesive on the box to hold it together - but because the product is a powder and perhaps because I ordered 2 packages the box came apart during the shipping process.This could have been prevented with a couple of strips of packing tape.

I read quite a few of the 4-star reviews. You people seem to have no problem with the product yet you rate this product 4-stars. Are you OK?I have found this product to be AWESOME!!! My blood pressure is already going down after a few days of use. I'll post the numbers in a couple of weeks or so. As soon as I take it I can FEEL it going through my system...relaxing my mind, muscles and bronchial tubes. My breathing becomes a LOT easier. Getting my body pH UP also has the added benefit of getting my body in a state where it can DETOX effectively and I get a mild headache and tired when I take almost a 1/2 tsp of it at once. That actually gives me comfort knowing that the stuff works, otherwise I wouldn't be detoxing so well. Before taking this product I could FEEL the heartbeat in my hands, arms and chest PUSHING through my veins the pressure was so great. I can barely feel it now. I don't feel like I'm a candidate for the Hearse anymore any time soon.I LOVE this product. All it takes is a LITTLE BIT to raise my alkalinity. If I take a 1/4tsp I'm ok....my pH goes from a 6 to 7, but if I take 1/2tsp then my pH goes from 6 to 8 which is where I want it, but at that level my body is in a PRIME state for some major detoxing and I get a headache. Its not a bad headache and not painful, it's just....there. If I jump into my sauna I sweat out all the toxins and I'm fine. So the amount I take depends on whether or not I feel like jumping into my sauna for an hour. I am able to take 1/2tsp if I'm about to eat a toxic, highly acidic yummy American meal then the extreme acidity in my Western meal will counteract that extra 1/4tsp potassium bicarbonate that I took and balance itself out to where my pH stays at about a 7.5.Another reviewer said..."I like the product, but don't "love it" (howdoes one 'love' a ph-adjustment and potassium supplement?"Well, I LOVE it! I needed a bicarbonate to increase my pH because the sodium bicarbonate I was taking was giving me too much sodium and my blood pressure was 160/111. Figured I'd switch to potassium bicarbonate now I'm down to 140/94.THIS product has performed WONDERS for me so yeah I love it. Be EASY with this stuff, it's potent.

I don't know the science behind it, but mix a generous tablespoon into a 1 gallon water sprayer with a very small drop of dish washing soap (like Dawn) and spray your shrubs that have powdery mildew. Do it at dusk/ not in direct sunlight and make sure you wet both sides of the leaves. Results are sometimes instantaneous, washing the mildew right off. Other times it takes a day or 2 to see full affect. I continued treatment once every week for 3 weeks and at least 95% of the mildew stayed gone. This definitely saved my shrubs.