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Potential Leavening Agents.

Leavening agents that you may want to remove from your dwelling for Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Cross off items as you go!

Ammonium (Bi)Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Hartshorn, Horn Salt, Baker's Ammonia

Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate

Chemical

Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium Bicarbonate

Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic

Chemical

Ammonium Phosphate, Monobasic

Chemical

Baker's Ammonia

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium (Bi)Carbonate, Hartshorn, Horn Salt

Baking Powder

Chemical

Baking Soda

Chemical
Also called: Sodium Bicarbonate

Barm

Biological

Used to Leaven Bread

Beer

Biological

Uses Yeast in the Brewing Process

Bicarbonate of Ammonia

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium Bicarbonate

Buttermilk

Biological

Calcium Carbonate

Chemical

Calcium Dihydrogen Phosphate

Chemical

Calcium Phosphate, Monobasic

Chemical

Chorleywood Bread Process

Mechanical

This is a manual process that creates a leavening effect.*

Cream of Tartar

Chemical
Also called: Potassium Bitartrate

Creaming Process

Mechanical

This is a manual process that creates a leavening effect. If the intent is to cause the bread to rise, the goal should be to avoid it.

Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides

Chemical

Diammonium Hydrogen Phosphate

Chemical

Dipotassium Carbonate

Chemical

Disodium Pyrophosphate

Chemical

Ginger Beer

Biological

Glucono Delta-Lactone

Chemical

Glucono delta-Lactone

Chemical

It appears that the lowercase 'd' in 'delta' makes this a different additive than the uppercase one.

Hartshorn

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium (Bi)Carbonate, Horn Salt, Baker's Ammonia

Horn Salt

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium (Bi)Carbonate, Horn Salt, Baker's Ammonia

Hydrogen Peroxide

Chemical

Kefir

Biological

Monocalcium Phosphate

Chemical

Pearlash

Chemical
Also called: Potassium Carbonate

Phosphates

Chemical

Anything with 'phosph' in the name

Popovers or any similar light hollow rolls

Other

In the process of making Popovers, steam and air are used as leavening agents.**

Potash

Chemical
Also called: Potassium (Bi)Carbonate

Potassium Acid Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Potassium (Bi)Carbonate

Potassium (Bi)Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Potash

Potassium Bitartrate

Chemical
Also called: Cream of Tartar

Potassium Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Pearlash

Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate

Chemical
Also called: Potassium Bicarbonate

Powdered Baking Ammonia

Chemical
Also called: Ammonium Bicarbonate

Pride

Attitude

The leaven of pride: It makes you 'puffed up'.

Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (SAPP)

Chemical

Sodium Aluminum Phosphate [Acidic] (SALP)

Chemical

Sodium Bicarbonate

Chemical
Also called: Baking Soda

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

Chemical

Sourdough Starter

Biological

Tempura

Other

In the process of making Tempura, steam and air are used as leavening agents.**

Whip Cream or similar 'high pressure fluff' products

Other

In the process of expelling the Whip Cream from the can, the high pressure causes a leavening effect through the butterfat of the cream.**

Yeast

Biological

The original leavening agent. It causes bread to rise.