Is baking soda gluten-free? Yes, baking powder is the one to check

Yes. Baking soda is gluten-free. It is sodium bicarbonate, a single mineral compound, also sold as bicarbonate of soda or bicarb.

What to know

• Don’t mix it up with baking powder: that is baking soda plus an acid plus a starch, and some brands use wheat starch.
• Use a clean spoon: a shared tub in a kitchen that bakes with wheat flour can pick up crumbs.

Keep reading

• Is baking powder gluten-free?
• Is yeast gluten-free?
• Is flour gluten-free?

Sources: EU Regulation 1169/2011 (Annex II: cereals containing gluten, and the exemptions for wheat-based glucose syrups including dextrose and wheat-based maltodextrins), Coeliac UK, Codex Alimentarius (gluten-free = 20 mg/kg or less). Checked 28 September 2026. We inform, we don’t diagnose: for medical questions, your doctor or dietitian has the last word.