Find the best Sodium Bicarbonate to use in Bath Bombs, Fizzies and other fun bath products

Are you trying to find the very best sodium bicarbonate to make really great bath bombs, bath fizzies, and other fun bath products? 

Do you already make bath bombs,  and wonder if the sodium bicarbonate you are using is really the best? If so, you have come to the right place! We have made thousands of bath bombs and think we can help sort through all the information and find the top baking soda for use in your bath bombs and other foaming bath fizzy products you make for fun and for profit.

SODIUM BICARBONATE in BATH BOMBS

Sodium Bicarbonate is a very common ingredient bathbombs, and other products made to fizz and foam. Sodium Bicarbonate is made from sodium carbonate. It has the chemical formula NaHCO3, It is typically a white fine crystalline powder or granule.  Sodium Bicarbonate is used in all kinds of ways, and is known by many other names besides sodium bicarbonate. It is also known as Baking Soda,probably the most common name, and cooking soda, and bread soda. 

As you may already know, when you make bath bombs and other fizzy products, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is the main ingredient in just about every recipe or formulation. The Citric acid, the other main ingredient, and the sodium bicarbonate work together to create that great fizzy reaction when you set the bath bombs in the water. So having top quality sodium bicarbonate, and the best citric acid, are going to make all the difference between really great fizzy bath bombs, and making up a batch of duds that  dissolve in to the water with no foaming or fizz or foam at all..

HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE VERY BEST SODIUM BICARBONATE FOR YOUR BATH BOMBS

How can you make SURE you get the very best baking soda for your bath bombs and fizzies? Here are a few helpful hints.

Always look for and buy only buy the sodium bicarbonate labeled as "food grade" sodium bicarbonate. Do not skimp when it comes to the grade of baking soda used. So many beginner bath bomb and bubble bar makers will make the mistake of going to a feed store and will purchase an animal feed grade sodium bicarbonate. Don’t make that mistake. Animal feed grade, although suited for it’s intended use, is the  wrong product for making your bath bombs. Feed grade sodium bicarbonate has very inconsistent granule size and will cause nothing but grief when making high quality bath bombs. And stay away from sodium bicarbonate that is labeled as "Technical grade." Technical Grade sodium bicarbonate is used mainly as a pool supply, and like animal feed grade, it is not made to the highest standards.  Always buy only food  grade sodium bicarbonate.

Always shop for and buy baking soda from domestic US source(s). You will always get the best performance and consistent quality using US domestic sodium bicarbonate in your bath bombs and bath fizzy products. There are several domestic sources for baking soda, and although one stands out as the “BEST,” there are many other producers that may work if you are short of product and in a pinch.

All of our research has lead us to find that the very best domestic source sodium bicarbonate for making any bath and body product, is hands down, the USP Powder # 1 from Church and Dwight, the brand name is Arm and Hammer. After we made many many bath bombs and tested animal feed baking soda, tech grade baking soda, and used other domestic sources for sodium bicarbonate we believe all of the evidence points to Arm and Hammer USP # 1 baking soda as being number one. But just to test that theory and our result, we then began giving our largest bath bomb customers free baking soda from other domestic sources and other grades to test. The customers already using Arm and Hammer USP # 1 Powder mostly refused the free samples. Other customers, using competitive products were offered the Arm and Hammer material, the USP #1 Powder baking soda, along with several  other test products. After testing and making bath bombs using all the products,  Arm and Hammer USP # 1 powder won with them as well. They tell us their bath bombs perform better, and fizz longer when they use  Arm and Hammer powder #1 food grade. 

Arm and Hammer USP Powder # 1 sodium bicarbonate has the most consistent particle size,  the most consistent quality of any baking soda our customers and we have tested. The bath bombs made using the Arm and Hammer brand USP # 1 powder, coupled with the correct, top quality, fine free flowing citric acid, has consistently produced the best fizz, and lasts the longest. 

If you are buying sodium bicarbonate for bath bombs, and your supplier does not point out the exact brand being sold, always ask. They may just shop around for the best prices on not only the baking soda, but other important ingredients like citric acid, cream of tartar, and specialty surfactants like SLSa powder and SLSa Coarse as well. Shop elsewhere. Do not skimp and buy the cheapest “no name” ingredients when you want to make really top quality bath bombs, or any other product.

You can try to source your sodium bicarbonate locally. If you are unsure of the quality, or can not find the exact one we recommend, here are websites where the company clearly identifies the sodium bicarbonate, offered as the best one we have used, the Arm and Hammer USP # 1 powder.