What We Provide: USP Ingredients

In order to provide our customers with the purest chemicals and ingredients on the market, the nutritional ingredient supplier, Bell Chem, ensures that every product undergoes stringent standards set forth by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Incorporated (USP). This scientific, nonprofit organization was founded in 1820 to provide guidelines on the identity, given strength, quality, and purity of ingredients, supplements, and medicines in every stage of manufacture and distribution.

When the USP merged with the National Formulary and Drug Standards Laboratory (NF), they published safety standards in their USP-NF guidelines. These guidelines defined drugs, their dosages, and guidelines on compound preparations. The USP-NF is updated and published yearly to meet the growing trends and discoveries of chemistry and biology. Their acquisition of the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) in 2006 added a compendium of purity and identification standards of foods and chemicals that is recognized internationally.

The rigorous testing of ingredients and chemicals to meet the USP grade standards means Bell Chem’s customers receive products that they can trust every time. Not only are the ingredients pure, but the manufacturing facilities must also meet these stringent guidelines. Bell Chem offers a wide array of USP chemicals and ingredients for the manufacture and distribution of food and beverages, reagents, nutritional supplements, and personal care.

From acesulfame potassium to zinc sulfate, the nutritional ingredient supplier Bell Chem has USP ingredients to strengthen your inventory and ensure that your customers are receiving the purest ingredients. Bell Chem is based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products — including USP ingredients — stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Utilizing Pro OXINE 5%

Pro OXINE 5%, a staple in water treatment chemical supplier Bell Chem’s expansive inventory of products, has long been recognized as being advantageous over chlorine and other sanitizers when used in municipal drinking water supplies. Its disinfectant qualities hinder microbial growth, including all major pathogens. Below are just a few of the ways Pro OXINE can be utilized:

• Biofilm control and removal: If you leave water standing for a few days, it develops a slick, tinted film around the container. as well as on the water’s surface. This is biofilm, or microorganisms joined in an extracellular matrix. Add Pro OXINE to water after biofilm forms and the microorganisms will die; add it to water beforehand to prevent biofilm.

• Sanitation of freezers and cold rooms: Microbes living below freezing temperatures are hardy and difficult to manage without Pro OXINE.

• Dairy water additive: Milk is bottled, cooled, then pasteurized in water after it is pumped from cows. Pro OXINE is added to the water as a sanitizer.

• Odor removal: Pro OXINE removes bacteria and mold from industrial facilities that produce noxious odors. It also oxidizes the strong, sulfur-hydrogen atomic odors associated with skunks, effectively eliminating the odor.

• Rail and tank truck sanitizers: The interior of liquid cargo containers is quickly sanitized with Pro OXINE after each load is emptied.

• Produce wash: Because it is organic, Pro OXINE is a safe wash for fruits and vegetables.

• Food preparation sanitizer: Spray food prep surfaces with Pro OXINE before and after food is handled.

• Cleaning poultry houses: After all areas are cleaned with detergent, spray Pro OXINE on surfaces to sanitize and destroy microbes.

• Sanitizing animal tools: Tack, halters, crates, brushes, bowls, and any other animal tools are sanitized with Pro OXINE combined with citric acid. Together, these chemicals work to kill bacteria, fungi, spores, and a variety of deadly viruses, including salmonella, Parvovirus, and E. coli.

Pro OXINE 5% has been around for a number of decades, but has not been in wide use until recently due to rigorous testing. Bell Chem is proud to offer Pro OXINE in its lineup of fine products.

Bell Chem is a water treatment chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products for human and animal use, such as Pro OXINE, stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us a message.

Crystalline Fructose and the Food Industry

Most people automatically associate crystalline fructose with its sweet flavor, but this versatile food additive is so much more! Bell Chem, the nutritional ingredient supplier, believes your business will benefit from the addition of crystalline fructose to your ingredient inventory. It serves as a fermenting agent, nutritional supplement, texture enhancer, and preservative, and so much more.

• Catalyst: Crystalline fructose expedites fermentation in baked goods.

• Humectant: When added to breads, cakes, and other delicacies, crystalline fructose holds the water within the food, thereby extending the shelf life since the food does not dry out as quickly. When compared with other sugar humectants, crystalline fructose is the most soluble and provides the greatest resistance to crystallization.

• Nutritional supplement: Athletes often need a quick energy boost to defray the constant loss of calories as they play on the field. When crystalline fructose is added to energy drinks, it replaces lost calories and keeps athletes performing at their maximum. Many pharmaceutical products contain crystalline fructose for similar purposes.

• Sweetener: The obvious purpose of crystalline fructose is a sweetener. Much as salt brings out the flavors of different foods, crystalline fructose maintains flavors of candied fruits by adding an estimated 15% flavor enhancement to caramels, chocolates, and fruits in particular. Crystalline fructose is often added to wines to improve flavor without altering the natural aroma and taste. Additionally, the low glycemic index of crystalline fructose gives it a starring role in low- and reduced-calorie and reduced-sugar foods and beverages.

• Texturizer: Ice cream owes much of its texture to crystalline fructose.

Foods and beverages enhanced with crystalline fructose are sweeter, maintain a longer shelf life, and have a better texture. Bell Chem, a nutritional ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando), has hundreds of products, such as crystalline fructose, stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

The Many Uses of Sodium Bicarbonate

Did you know that the ubiquitous box of baking soda in your home pantry refrigerator has an abundance of industrial, pharmaceutical, and beauty uses? The water treatment ingredient supplier, Bell Chem, stocks this versatile chemical for use by your business. Below are only a few uses for sodium bicarbonate:

• The human body requires a limited pH range to maintain health. When too much acid is present in any of the body’s systems, sodium bicarbonate can quickly counter by forming an acid/base reaction or by increasing the body’s pH. Chronic renal fatigue, heartburn, uric acid renal stones, and metabolic acidosis are all treatable with sodium bicarbonate.

• Sodium bicarbonate effectively cleans teeth and gums and reduces the mouth’s natural acidity, which if higher than normal can cause oral infections. Therefore, many non-fluoride toothpastes, rely on sodium bicarbonate.

• 25 percent of the total amount of sodium bicarbonate utilized worldwide is used as an animal feed additive.

• Wool, silk, and leather dyeing all utilize sodium bicarbonate.

• Complex plastic and polymer manufacturing use sodium bicarbonate as a purifier and catalyst.

• The breakdown of sodium bicarbonate releases carbon dioxide, which features prominently in the manufacturing of rubber and plastic. Sodium bicarbonate’s carbon dioxide release is closely controlled to shape the finished rubber or plastic product.

• Much like shaping rubber and plastic, sodium bicarbonate releases carbon dioxide during the baking process, causing breads to rise and giving cookies a fluffy appearance. Add sodium bicarbonate to peas or other vegetables while they cook to soften them.

• Most tarnish-removing cleansers contain sodium bicarbonate as an ingredient.

• In a similar fashion of pulling odors from your refrigerator, sodium bicarbonate controls the sulfide odor from wastewater treatment plants. It also counters biological growth and, due to its high pH value, maintains the proper alkalinity in water as it’s processed. Chemically, sodium bicarbonate binds with sulfur dioxide to desulphurized flue gas, a process that treats industrial gases before they are released into the atmosphere.

• Sodium bicarbonate’s disinfecting function gives it a leading role in the pharmaceutical industry; it destroys bacteria and fungi as it disinfects.

• Libraries and book collectors find that sprinkling book pages with sodium bicarbonate releases the musty odor in damaged or older books.

• The dry, chemical-based fire extinguishers used in homes and businesses contain sodium bicarbonate to battle grease and electrical fires.
   

With its dozens of uses, almost every industry can benefit from using sodium bicarbonate. Bell Chem, a water treatment ingredient supplier is based in Longwood, FL. With hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, you can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Industrial Uses of Heptane

Heptane, with the chemical formula C7H16, is labeled as a straight-chain alkane derived from petroleum. Its roles in industry vary greatly because of its versatile chemical properties. The Jacksonville ingredient supplier, Bell Chem, stocks this valuable chemical in its vast inventory. Read on to discover a few of the many ways heptane can enhance your business’s chemical inventory.

• As a clear, odorless, liquid hydrocarbon, heptane is best recognized as the standard zero-point for the octane rating scale, which is seen on nearly every gasoline pump worldwide. Heptane readily combusts when placed under the vast amounts of pressure within a gasoline engine.  

• Heptane’s high flammability gives it properties necessary in many industries, including use as fuels. Heptane is a great fuel source for pressurized, outdoor liquid fuel stoves due to its hydrocarbon chemical makeup, which expends vast amounts of heat energy during hydrocarbon combustion.

• Heptane acts as a thinner for rubber cement.

• High schools, colleges, and universities all rely on heptane as a laboratory reagent in chemistry courses thanks to its isomers, which are reliable, nonpolar solvents. Heptane’s reactivity is extremely low with most other chemicals. Substances not readily dissolved in water will break chemical bonds in a heptane solution. An example of heptane’s versatility is the grease test spot in which a material containing a grease, wax, or oily substance is submerged and gently shaken in a heptane solution. This determines the material’s earlier presence of organic compounds.

• Law enforcement and government agencies use heptane as a solvent in processing latent fingerprints. Heptane’s ease of preparation with a ninhydrin reagent protects the clarity and intensity of fingerprints without destroying writing ink. However, if the inks used in printing are not water based, heptane dissolves the ink.

• The vulcanization of rubber utilizes heptane as a compounder. In the commercial manufacture of rubber cement, unvulcanized rubber is placed in a solvent of 70-90% heptane. Different grades of rubber cement are created depending on a higher or lower percentage of heptane within the solvent.

Bell Chem, the Jacksonville ingredient supplier, has hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including the versatile chemical heptane. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Glacial Acetic Acid

Although most consumers are unfamiliar with acetic acid, they are extremely aware if its diluted form, vinegar, which is 4-8% acetic acid by volume. The term “glacial” is indicative of acetic acid in its anhydrous form. The word “acetic” is derived from the Latin word acetum, which means “vinegar.” Bell Chem, a nutritional ingredient supplier, shares the following uses for glacial acetic acid. 

• Synthetic fibers, such as cellulose acetate and rayon, are made possible with glacial acetic acid.

• Personal care products, including perfumes, acetone, and esters, are manufactured with acetic acid.

• Industrial uses of glacial acetic acid include its use as a solvent in photographic film, in the preparation of dyes and inks, in transforming rubber from latex,, in the fabrication of polyvinyl acetate for wood glue, in the manufacture of substrates, in the manufacture of pesticides, in the production of white lead, and during the creation of soft drinking bottles.

• Schools, colleges, and universities rely on glacial acetic acid as a chemical reagent and students marvel at its ability to absorb water from its environment, and to prove its acidic properties by transforming blue litmus paper into red. When mixed with sodium bicarbonate, the reaction causes a sensational amount of carbon dioxide and salt.

• Clinical laboratories use glacial acetic acid to test blood.

• Diluted, glacial acetic acid is used in preservation and canning of pickles and other vegetables. It is also used as a descaling agent for cleaning. Along with cleaning and canning, diluted glacial acetic acid can treat or prevent bacterial or fungal outer ear infections.

• The distinctly sour flavor of glacial acetic acid accounts for the tang of pickles and brings the “sour” to both sourdough bread and sweet and sour chips. 

Bell Chem is a nutritional ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including glacial acetic acid. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff handle all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or send us an online message.

The Magic of Sipernat® 22

Many industries rely on silica as an ingredient in sealants and adhesives. Variations of specialty silica, such as Sipernat® 22, are ideal for flow (rheology) control, stabilization, and reinforcement of materials. Bell Chem, the Jacksonville ingredient supplier, stocks this versatile additive for its customers.

Industrywide, it has been noted that sticky and/or thick liquids are difficult to manipulate. Given a choice, many consumers would consider an easily flowing powder. This is a distinct possibility when Sipernat 22 is combined with the officious liquid. By absorbing liquids to create a “dry liquid”, the product that was once nearly impossible to work with is now much simpler to manipulate. Sipernat 22 is considered a porous precipitated silica ideal for many applications.

• Since the 1930s, precipitated silica has been added to automobile tires to reinforce and improve performance. Likewise, Sipernat 22 is added to a wide array of rubber and plastic products as a filler and softener and, as a bonus, gives these products longevity.

• The pharmaceutical industry adds Sipernat 22 as a thickener and anti-caking agent to aid in the even flow of medication and to transform liquids into powders.

• In personal care products, Sipernat 22 is added to toothpaste to thicken the product as well as polish teeth. It also works well in detergents.

• In adhesives and sealants, Sipernat 22 reduces caking and gives users an easy-to-use, pourable powder rather than a heavy, sticky solid to manipulate. It is often added to body repair adhesives and polyacrylate sealants. Its basic pH of 10.5 neutralizes acids and stabilizes polychloroprene adhesives.

• Because Sipernat 22 is highly absorptive, traces of surface liquid are removed from powders when it is an ingredient. Furthermore, Sipernat 22 is hydrophobic, maintaining a distance between particles as it reduces cohesive forces.

• Sipernat 22 works as an anti-caking agent in inorganic salts, construction chemicals, plaster, rubber, and cellulose derivatives.

• As a carrier silica, Sipernat 22 is ideal in melamine resins, powder coatings and defoamers, and rubber and plastic additives. 

Small or large businesses can benefit from the addition of Sipernat 22 to your chemical lineup. Bell Chem is a Jacksonville ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff handle all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or send us an online message.

Tricalcium Phosphate in Food Manufacturing

Many foods contain multiple ingredients to help regulate acidity, increase nutritional value, emulsify, and stabilize them. Tricalcium phosphate is one of those rare ingredients that can meet all these expectations — and more! The Orlando food ingredient supplier, Bell Chem, recommends tricalcium phosphate to its customers as a great product that benefits the human body as well.

• Tricalcium phosphate contains the calcium salt of phosphoric acid, which gives the body both the calcium it craves for strong bones and cellular activity, and the phosphate to create the energy source ATP. Tricalcium phosphate’s most popular role is that of a nutritional supplement, and it is often added to cereals, dairy products, juices, and soy-based beverages.

• Soy milk also takes advantage of tricalcium phosphate’s ability to add smoothness and opacity, giving soy milk a more traditional, milk-like mouthfeel and appearance. Other low-fat and reduced-fat foods and beverages take advantage of this as well.

• The breakdown of tricalcium phosphate creates positive and negative ions, which act to regulate pH. This buffering action keeps foods such as dairy products, condiments, candy, and meat products from becoming too basic or acidic.

• Because it is nearly insoluble in water, tricalcium phosphate works well as an anticaking agent. Powdered spices and solid drink mixes contain tricalcium phosphate for this reason.

• As a thickener and firming agent, tricalcium phosphate adds bulk by interacting with gelling agents to stabilize foods.

• Many condiments, such as baking powder, sugar, and table salt, find the addition of tricalcium phosphate helpful as a humectant.

• Cheeses require a mineral salt during processing, and tricalcium phosphate can add flavor as well as nutritional value.

Bell Chem is an Orlando food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products, such as tricalcium phosphate, stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff handle all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or send us an online message.

The Applications of Crystalline Fructose

Fructose is a monosaccharide, which is the simplest form of a carbohydrate; it is easily taken in by cells since it does not need to be broken down any further to be metabolized. A pure form of fructose,crystalline fructose is somewhat sweeter than high fructose corn syrup and significantly sweeter than table sugar. This makes crystalline fructose a good choice for use as a replacement in lower-calorie and health-conscious bakery items and snacks. Crystalline fructose and high fructose corn syrup have much in common chemically, but crystalline fructose undergoes several processing steps that purify it to at least 98% fructose compared to high fructose corn syrup’s 55% fructose to 45% glucose ratio. Bell Chem, the Central Florida Chemical supplier, stocks crystalline fructose along with many other natural sweeteners to answer the growing needs of many industries.

The most renowned areas partaking in crystalline fructose’s talents are, by far, the food and beverage industries. As the name implies, crystalline fructose has a sweet flavor and is added to foods to improve and/or maintain flavor. It also stimulates fermentation of bakery products, such as sourdough and alcoholic beverages, and retains water in breads and bakery products to prolong shelf life. Because of its crystalline structure, this sweetener is added to ice cream to improve texture as well as enhance the flavor. Within beverages, crystalline fructose has a cooling flavor and is often added to sports beverages to provide much-needed calories for athletes.

As a sweetener, crystalline fructose is a nutritional supplement in animal feed, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products because of its purity and ability to retain a high level of water without harming animals, including humans. Find this food additive at Bell Chem, the Florida chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL, just north of Orlando, with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff handle all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or send us an online message.

3 Different Uses for Phosphoric Acid

Some chemicals are versatile enough to cross industrial lines. The personal care raw materials supplier, Bell Chem, finds phosphoric acid fits this description as it can be used in the food and beverage industry, in pharmaceuticals, and in personal care manufacturing. With its simple chemical formula — H3PO4 — it has far-reaching implications. Read below for many uses of this important chemical.

• Food production: Carbonated beverages find phosphoric acid a boon since it acidifies products with a tangy, slightly sour flavor. Cereal and breakfast bars, processed meats, cottage cheese, jams, and wines use phosphoric acid as a pH stabilizer. Because it is an acid, phosphoric acid creates and maintains an environment not conducive for the growth of bacteria and fungi.

• Medical and pharmaceutical: The dental industry binds phosphoric acid with zinc powder to formulate a temporary dental cement for dental work such as caps and crowns. Orthodontic applications include an etching solution containing phosphoric acid to roughen teeth surfaces before brackets are adhered.

• Personal care: Home teeth whiteners often contain phosphoric acid since it whitens teeth as it dissolves plaque. The cosmetology industry finds phosphoric acid is a fantastic pH adjuster in bath products, cleansers, hair care products including dyes and hair colorings, mouthwashes, and nail products.

Your business can undoubtedly find many uses for phosphoric acid and dozens of other chemicals from Florida’s Bell Chem. Bell Chem is a personal care raw materials supplier based in Longwood, FL with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff handle all your needs by calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or send us an online message.