It was commonly used in the home before modern day baking powder was made available.
As well as manufacturing baking powder and self-raising flour he produced a health salt which he later discontinued.
Because drug taking is illegal, people cannot go to the police and complain that what they bought in good faith turned out to be baking powder or something worse.
What a stodgy diet we would be faced with if bicarbonate of soda were not allowed to be used, baking powder and the rest of it!
It is used, among other things, for baking powder, and in connection with a great many articles of food.
Other articles are creamola pudding, salt, baking powder, soap and soap flakes, vegetables, sweets, cocoa, eggs, bread and potatoes.
For example, that ship brought 18 barrels of whisky, 13 crates of baking powder, 66 cases of trunks.
So the 1928 definition was brought in to cover chewing-gum and baking powder.