If you have a dog or a cat, sooner or later you've asked yourself: "Is this ingredient really safe?"

Baking soda is one of those substances that appear everywhere — in the kitchen, in the pharmacy, in household products — yet few truly know why it works. And more importantly: why it is also safe for our pets.

In this article, we'll explain everything, without making it complicated.

Do you use scented shampoo on your dog? You need to know something before you do it again.

But really 100,000 times more sensitive?

It's a jaw-dropping number, isn't it?

Yet, scientifically speaking, it's not an exaggeration at all. In fact, depending on the breed, a dog's olfactory sensitivity can exceed that of humans by a factor ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 times.

Here's the biological evidence and data that explain this "superpower":