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Food Trends for Businesses to Follow in 2025
Looking into the near future and recognizing food trends is more complicated than consulting a crystal ball. Simply looking at recent trends and incorporating those ideas into the future is not predictable for food trends.
However, food ingredient supplier Bell Chem recognizes many food trends are based on spontaneous notions that take off on social media. These trends may last years, or just be a proverbial flash in the pan. Regardless, it’s important to keep ahead of food trends and not as surprising as you might imagine if you have the proper key ingredients on hand to create the perfect foods not only for 2025, but for years to come.
Mental boosts on the menu
One of the more positive side effects of the pandemic has been the pointed emphasis on mental health and well-being. The world has taken notice of the importance of being mentally fit, and marketing trends have definitely picked up on that. For example, to invoke comfort, choose a nostalgic flavor, such as brown sugar or cinnamon. Want adventure? Reach for a smoky or spicy snack containing phenolics or capsaicin. Or how about a nice calming botanical or low-sugar food or beverage containing d-limonene?
Clean it up
A recent trend moving away from ultra-processed foods to “cleaner” foods brings organics and natural foods into the fore. Look for ingredient labels containing ascorbic acid as a preservative, oat flour or any other single-ingredient grain, carrageenan as an emulsifier and thickener, coconut oil as a fat, and many other nutritious ingredients. Other clean choices include rose hips, lavender, and honey added in everything from bakery goods to sauces.
Aromatic ingredients
The sense of smell is more closely related to the sense of taste than most people realize. To this end, many predictions favor the addition of aromatic ingredients often found in essential oils or beauty care products, such as lemongrass, which has found a home as a seasoning on meat dishes and in alcoholic beverages.
Great taste, less sugar
The number one priority for many health-conscious consumers worldwide is reducing sugars in their foods and beverages. In fact, 57% of those polled globally wish to curb their sugar intake. Replacing sugars with a more poignant flavor, such as an herb or another botanical enhances the flavor profile without the needed appeal of sugar. Even confections are following this trend, offering honey and dates as sugar alternatives and adding interesting combinations of natural ingredients such as lemon/thyme to pique the palate.
Umami for you and me
The pungent, meaty profile of umami has found its way into our diets and is anticipated only to grow. Look for this flavor in sauces and garnishes in the form of mushrooms and fish. Want to add the spark of umami without the fishy flavor? Turn to glutamates and garlic oil.
Bell Chem is your food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including many of the ingredients your business needs to meet the latest food trends. 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.
Understanding the Uses of Boric Acid Across Industries
Boric acid seems so banal. Naturally odorless and tasteless, boric acid occurs almost everywhere around the world. However, it hides its superpowers in its multiple industrial uses. Industrial cleaning chemical supplier Bell Chem introduces just a few of the myriad uses of boric acid your industry might find compelling.
Various Uses of Boric Acid
Medical and Hygienic Products
Antiseptics prevail in boric acid, giving it top billing in many medical and hygienic products. It is commonly used in the treatment of burns, minor cuts, scrapes, and external ear infections.
Building Materials
When creating a more durable building material, boric acid plays a vital role in hardening steel. It coats the surface of heated steel, impeding oxidation and the build-up of carbon.
Cosmetic Industry
Boric acid plays many roles in the cosmetic industry, including acting as an emulsifier to congeal fats and waters, a pH stabilizer, a preservative, and a buffering agent.
Flame Retardant Products
Products such as furniture, insulation, and mattresses are often treated with boric acid to make them flame retardant.
Oil Drilling and Glass Manufacturing
In gas exploration, drilling, and production, boric acid stabilizes temperature fluctuations in drilling fluids as it prevents unnecessary polymer formation. This thermal regulation carries over to glass manufacturing by maintaining temperature and chemical resistance in glass end products.
Insecticide and Lumber Treatment
Boric acid is an effective insecticide, disrupting insects' digestive and neural systems. It is also used to treat lumber to deter insect damage.
Laundry Detergents
In laundry detergents, boric acid acts as a degreaser, effectively eliminating tough stains.
Plant Nurseries
Boric acid bolsters boron deficiencies in plant nurseries. Boron is a micronutrient that strengthens cell walls and aids in the transport of nutrients within a plant's structure.
Food Industry
In the food industry, boric acid increases crispness and elasticity in fresh fruits and vegetables.
Antibacterial Properties
Boric acid solutions stave off gram-negative bacterial infections, improving chronic wound treatments with increased red blood cells, collagen synthesis, and fibroblasts.
Swimming Pools
Treating swimming pools with boric acid not only kills algae but also stabilizes the pH. When used with chlorine, less chlorine is necessary, making the pool look cleaner.
Bell Chem is your industrial cleaning chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including boric 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 personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Alkaline Cleaners vs. Acidic Cleaners
When surfaces need to be cleaned, many consumers might not recognize that cleaners may be neutral (water), alkaline (basic), or acidic. Cleaning chemical supplier Bell Chem is here to unravel the mystery of why some surfaces should be cleaned with an acidic cleaner while others need the power of alkalinity.
Alkaline cleaners
On one end of the pH scale are the alkaline cleaners. With a pH exceeding 7 on a scale of 0-14, alkaline cleaners excel in dissolving protein-based deposits such as animal fat, grease, and oil. These products contain hydroxide, with formulas such as potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide. Soil is generally acidic, which means an alkaline cleaner breaks up soil deposits to be quickly rinsed away.
Metal cleaning is important as an industry, but is also highly necessary for all industrial machinery. Alkaline salts such as calcium hydroxide, potassium chloride, and sodium carbonate and bicarbonate are excellent metal cleaning specialists.
Acidic cleaners
Acidic cleaners are meant for heavy-duty cleaning and many require personal protective gear while handling. Knowing that, it is understandable that acids are marvels at removing inorganic materials such as lime, rust, scale, and soap scum. Examples of acidic cleaners often contain the word “acid” to ensure your product is low on the pH scale, such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and phosphoric acid.
Hot water tanks and other interior surfaces that contain heated water often have lime build ups combated with acidic cleaners such as acetic acid or citric acid. Water purification causes excess deposition of chemicals that muriatic acid can remove. Shining metals such as aluminum are significantly eased with hydrochloric acid. Phosphoric acid quickly removes rust from surfaces. If your industry focuses on concrete, hydrogen chloride removes concrete from metal surfaces, but must be used with caution.
Remember, the job of cleaners – both alkaline and acidic – is to remove debris from surfaces. It is best to use a detergent and/or disinfectant on working surfaces coming into contact with food after cleaners are applied and rinsed.
Bell Chem, cleaning chemical supplier, is based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including a wide array of alkaline cleaners. 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).
Benefits of Oils in Hair Products
Trends today are for long, straight hair, and hair oiling, a practice dating back millennia, appears to be a significantly cost-effective method to encourage straighter hair. Your personal care raw ingredient supplier, Bell Chem, shares many of the benefits of adding oils in your hair care products to target a wider audience.
Adding vitamins and nutrients
Natural oils, such as olive oil or coconut oil, are replete with a variety of nutrients which are passed directly to the skin’s surface upon application. Vitamin E, for instance, is an antioxidant that may stimulate hair growth by countering oxidative stress. Not only does this deter hair damage overall, it can inhibit strand breakage. Essential fatty acids reduce scalp inflammation while promoting overall hair follicle health.
Protection from the Sun
Wearing a hat does more than protect your face; it shields your scalp from the dangerous ultraviolet rays of the Sun. For best results, almond oil, olive oil, and sesame oil should be added to your hair before you venture outside.
Which oils are best?
To reap the most benefits, rely on almond, argan, coconut, and sesame oil.
Almond oil quickly absorbs and soothes the scalp. Its lightweight characteristic packs vitamins A, D, and E within it along with calcium, magnesium, proteins, and omega 6 and omega 9 fatty acids.
Castor oil lubricates the hair shaft and inhibits dryness, giving hair a much glossier appearance. Containing ricinoleic acid, vitamin E and proteins, castor oil holds in moisture and inhibits humidity from entering.
Coconut oil contains 50% lauric acid, a saturated fat that may stimulate protein maintenance, especially the protein keratin. Its application hydrates the scalp and may promote the growth of hair. When coconut oil is added to hair, it surrounds individual hair fibers and shields them from damage. These strengthened fibers are protected from Sun damage, environmental factors, pollution, and other factors.
Peppermint oil encourages root strength in individual hair strands as it deters microbial and fungal growth.
Sesame oil encourages better blood circulation, which, in turn, promotes hair growth. It’s rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Research shows that a deficiency in these fatty acids impacts hair loss.
Bell Chem, personal care raw ingredient supplier, is based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including a wide array of alkaline cleaners. 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).
The Role of Sports Nutrition in Personalized Performance
Today’s athletes are interested in more than mere sports nutrition; they are looking for products for sports performance, exercise recovery, or long-term energy throughout the day. USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem wants your industry to respond with our high-quality products to give your consumers the ultimate in sports nutrition.
The future of sports nutrition
Within 3 years, the amount of growth in sports nutrition is projected to continue its upward trend, reaching toward an estimated 10% overall increase. This may not seem like much, but the actual forecasted revenue is $24.4 billion by next year, according to Grand View Research. A large proportion of this upward trend is due to the change in consumers. Rather than hardcore athletes, the sports nutrition market now appeals to consumers looking for a healthier lifestyle; so many of these new customers exist they have been dubbed “active lifestyle consumers.”
What consumers want
If your sports nutrition beverage or food includes electrolytes such as potassium or sodium, know that 33% of consumers are more likely to be attracted to your product. Add protein as an ingredient and 50% of the population will think favorably of it. Lastly, the addition of an energy booster, such as caffeine or B vitamins, will truly stimulate sales.
Functional Snacks
Rather than reaching for a pack of cookies or chips, shoppers are searching out functional snacks. Fortified granola or fruit bars, sports drinks, and even fortified traditional snacks such as cookies and snack cakes are marketable to active lifestyle consumers. This customer base is on the go, which means snacks must be portable as well. Adding Bell Chem’s line of vitamins, fiber, proteins (especially plant-based proteins), omega fatty acids, or probiotics can significantly stimulate sales.
Weight management
No matter what their weight, a huge percentage of consumers are not happy with how much they weigh. Adding Bell Chem’s protein or fiber will satiate the appetite while diminishing caloric intake for those who wish to lose weight. Carbohydrate-conscious consumers may turn to coconut oil as an ingredient if they wish to curb their intake, or to high carb formulas to restore glycogen lost during exercise.
Personalized nutrition
The market for children’s nutrition has been researched for decades, but women’s nutrition is rather new. Products designed for women generally contain calcium and iron in higher concentrations, both stocked by Bell Chem.
Bell Chem, USP ingredient supplier, is based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including a wide array of alkaline cleaners. 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).
Understanding the Benefits of Tru-Flo® Food Grade Salt
Salt is ubiquitous on almost every kitchen table. It is also used to de-ice roads, remove impurities in manufacturing, and to create soap. Tru-Flo® food grade salt can be used in these industries, but because it is over 99% pure sodium chloride (NaCl) and only contains trace amounts of insoluble materials, it is best suited for culinary uses. Food ingredient supplier Bell Chem stocks Tru-Flo Evaporated Food Grade Salt for all your dietary needs.
Food flavoring
Flavoring and salt walk hand in hand. Tru-Flo salt has the unique capability of enhancing the other flavors of food, which is why many baked goods add salt as an ingredient to bring out the sweet flavors of sugar, chocolate, or other confections. Tru-Flo salt on its own is likewise a flavoring; we relate salt to almost every processed food, even those only minimally processed. Why do we eat more salt than is necessary? The human body craves salt to maintain homeostasis in the tissues and bloodstream. When this careful balance is upset, our brains deliver a signal that we must eat something salty and we reach for chips, condiments, or a jar of pickles.
Food preservation
Food preservation often calls for large amounts of salt (20% by weight) to cure meats or other foods. Tru-Flo salt draws out water from foods in a process known as osmosis, creating an inhospitable environment since the majority of organisms rely on water – which has been driven out – and cannot thrive in the now highly salted environment. Dried meats can be preserved without the use of refrigeration or canning.
The advantages of Tru-Flo salt
Tru-Flo salts have been naturally harvested from the sea, in natural brine, or in salt deposits on land. Once selected, these salts are manufactured until they are highly purified. You know your products will contain the highest grade sodium chloride possible with Tru-Flo salts.
Tru-Flo salts are also graded by granule size, ensuring the salt you purchase will dissolve at the same rapid rate producing a clear, briny solution. As a dry ingredient, Tru-Flo salt flows smoothly without clumping. Tru-Flo salts meet or exceed the expectations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Chemical Codex (FCC).
Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including Tru-Flo Food Grade Salt. 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.
How ViCALity SG Calcium Carbonate is Used
Food grade ViCALity®SG contains high purity calcium carbonate with the lowest lead content (0.4 parts per million) on the market. USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem wants you to be aware of the many advantages of stocking your shelves with ViCALity.
Food industry
The advantages of small particle size are more apparent in foods, since larger particles tend to dominate the flavor profile. When an additive does not wish to detract from other flavors, this minute size is ideal, such as in ice cream, other dairy products and infant formula, where ViCALity can add important minerals while not affecting the flavors.
Calcium such as ViCALity is often added as a buffering agent during microbial fermentation or for culturing products in both lab settings and in manufacturing.
Pharmaceutical
Soft-chew supplements high in calcium and antacids rely on ViCALity’s small particle size and USP ingredients to easily measure and pour the correct dose into tablets without affecting the taste. Along with a boost of the essential element calcium, ViCALity acts as a filler in pills and tablets.
Health and beauty
Calcium is lightly abrasive, and the smaller particle size of ViCALity allows the scrubbing away of surface debris from dental surfaces without negatively affecting the enamel. For this reason, ViCALity is often an additive to toothpastes and creams. ViCALity can be used to thoroughly clean dentures and bridgework as well.
When cosmetics are manufactured, one of their major selling points is appearance. Along with adding beneficial calcium to products, ViCALity also acts as a buffering agent as it lowers the pH of acidic products, making them more neutral to better react with the skin’s sensitive surface; a bulking additive to not only keep products from being runny, but also to spread active ingredients more thoroughly to prevent an abnormally high amount of ingredients in too small an area; and to give products either a white sheen or simply causing otherwise clear products to become opaque.
Bell Chem is a USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including ViCALity®SG. 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.
Potassium Citrate for Kidney Stone Prevention and Treatment
The amount of potassium citrate used in the medical industry is likely to increase as the world’s temperature increases. If this seems like a strange claim, read the information below brought to you by USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem.
The human body maintains a level of homeostasis where the average pH correlates to approximately 7.4. This number places the body in a slightly basic level. If the amount drops below a pH of 7, the condition is considered acidic.
Many kidney diseases are brought on by a lowered pH, including renal tubular acidosis, gout brought on by high uric acid levels, and varied types of kidney stones.
Acidic levels decrease with the introduction of the urinary alkalinizer potassium citrate (generally taken orally as an extended-release tablet), thereby not only alleviating existing gout and kidney problems, but also preventing these anomalies.
Climate change and potassium citrate increase
As the world warms, people perspire more frequently. Perspiration cools the human body and works effectively if the levels of water released are replenished. However, water is not always close at hand for many, and dehydration leads to many complications in the human body. One of these is an increase in the amount of kidney stones created and passed.
For those who have suffered through the agony of passing a kidney stone, an important preventative that cuts the likelihood of recurrence in half is simply drinking water. A few liters of water daily keep the body from becoming overly acidic by diluting the blood, which prevents the formation of all 4 types of kidney stones: calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stones, cystine stones, struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) stones, and uric acid stones.
Calcium stones are the most common and are related to a concentration of calcium in the urine, which crystallizes into stones; cystine stones lead to cystinuria, a rare genetic disorder; struvite stones are the result of one of several bacterial infections; and uric acid stones contribute to the disease uric acid lithiasis.
Kidney stones, a common affliction
Currently 9% of United States adults suffer from kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) at least once during their lives. Depending on the type of kidney stones, methods of control or prevention may include the addition of calcium in the diet, controlling the formation of stones with potassium citrate, or increasing water intake. Hospitals and clinics should keep potassium citrate close at hand for their patients who are in the grips of nephrolithiasis or likely to pass kidney stones again.
Bell Chem is an USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including potassium citrate. 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.
How SIPERNAT® 22 is Used Across Industries
Industrial chemical supplier Bell Chem wishes to let its customers in on a little secret – SIPERNAT® 22. This astonishing material made of precipitated silica will surely transform your industry as it adjusts viscosity and transforms water levels within products.
How does SIPERNAT 22 work?
The structure of SIPERNAT is its superpower. Imagine each small silica-based SIPERNAT structure as a sponge, with tiny pores available to rapidly adhere to water molecules and remove that water from a dry, pourable solid. Unlike a sponge, which expands in size when water is absorbed, SIPERNAT 22 maintains its shape. When SIPERNAT 22 is added to an empty industrial mixer, the liquid is slowly added as the mixer is running to thoroughly mix the SIPERNAT with either a liquid or pourable solid.
SIPERNAT 22 changes flow rates
It seems contradictory that some liquids are detrimental to flowing or pouring, but think about syrupy, viscous liquids. As defined, a liquid is simply a substance that conforms to its container, which means a liquid can range from extremely thin to excessively viscous.
SIPERNAT 22 absorbs liquids
Think of a pourable solid, such as a powder mix. Now think of the calamity when water enters the mix at the incorrect time. The mix may begin clumping and adhere to the inside of containers, equipment, or packaging. With its capability of absorbing a huge amount of liquid, the anti-caking carrier effect of SIPERNAT 22 gives it a high rating for reducing or eliminating clumping in pourable solids.
SIPERNAT 22 in mechanical graphics papers
Within the printing industry, adding SIPERNAT 22 reduces ink bleeding by picking up excess ink, which increases printability and smoothness. With less paper/ink friction, the machinery experiences less wear and the paper appears cleaner and more legible.
Which industries benefit from using SIPERNAT?
Manufacturers of adhesives, adsorbents, coatings, composites, cosmetics, pesticides, polyethylene films, printing, rubber, sealants, and thermoplastics all note an uptick in speed, less wear, and better overall performance of equipment when SIPERNAT 22 is part of their manufacturing process.
Bell Chem is an industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including many replacements for known food allergens. 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.
What is Maltodextrin? Understanding the Popular Food Additive
With all the talk about simple and complex carbohydrates, it is sometimes confusing knowing what customers are consuming. Maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate, which means it can break into 2 or more simple carbohydrates. Maltodextrin is processed from the starch of corn, potato, rice, or wheat. Learn more about this popular food additive and how it can improve your products from your food additive supplier, Bell Chem.
The creation of maltodextrin
Maltodextrin is the end product of a process in which a vegetable starch is hydrolyzed, then soaked in acid or enzymes in order to reduce the product to a smaller form. After saturation, maltodextrin is transformed into a water-soluble white powder without much flavor.
Why would a flavorless product replace sugar?
For many consumers, sugar is more than a flavoring. Instead, it is an integral cellular fuel responsible for sustaining health. In that respect, maltodextrin may be used in a product as an additional supply of necessary calories when no flavor is necessary. Its chemical properties allow it to rapidly supply the human body with the same amount of energy and calories as sucrose.
Uses for maltodextrin
Energy and sports drinks are marketed as expedient energy replacements, and adding maltodextrin to these products brings their claims to life. Because it is easily digestible, maltodextrin quickly supplies tired muscles fibers with an energy boost by restoring blood sugar levels.
Another hot topic as of late is gut health. Maltodextrin promotes fermentation of the digestive system’s bacteria and improves digestion overall.
When health concerns include rapid weight loss, adding maltodextrin enhances the uptake of carbohydrates to negate fatigue.
With its ability to dissolve quickly and its neutral flavor, maltodextrin is often added as a filler in foods requiring carbohydrates, such as energy bars and processed foods. This inexpensive additive easily decreases manufacturing costs of many foods.
When foods are emulsified, maltodextrin keeps them from separating by absorbing fats within a watery matrix, thus improving consistency.
Dressings, gravies, and sauces would be noticeably runnier without the addition of maltodextrin to increase viscosity.
In powdered mixes, maltodextrin assists in separating and distributing key flavorings to maintain the same taste with every use. It also decreases oxidation, which increases a product’s shelf life.
In frozen foods and beverages, maltodextrin maintains the creaminess of the texture by preventing clumps from occurring.
Bell Chem is a food additive supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including many replacements for known food allergens. 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.