USP Grade Ingredients - Announce it Loud and Proud!

[bivie]

I get so frustrated with vendors who don't make it clear that they use USP grade
ingredients (pg/vg). With some of them, you have to scour their site looking for
that information. You would think they would want it everywhere they could put it
so you know you are getting quality ingredients.

I bookmark those that have USP ingredients in a folder for USP grade vendors. I
also make note of other vendors that don't mention it on their site, even if they
are wildly popular. I'm not vaping their juice if it's not USP grade, and if they don't
say on the site that it is, it's probably not. Unless the information is in an Easter
egg somewhere.

Many times, the newer the vendor, the more skeptical I am, too. It's ocurred to me
to email them and ask, but I wouldn't trust the answer. And if it is, and they aren't
smart enough to tell the customers on the site, there may be other issues, too.

Now ... don't even get me started on vendors that just give you a flavor name
and no description. Especially when it says, 'you're gonna love this.' Really? You
know me? <grin> And let's not even start on vendors who have 50 reviews on
an ejuice, and every one of them is five stars. Right?

 

[RPadTV]

I'd like to see more labeling and education too. There are probably many vapers that don't know what USP-grade means. There was certainly a lot I head to learn and research when I got more serious about vaping.

 

[Billy Baroo]

I bookmark those that have USP ingredients in a folder for USP grade vendors. I
also make note of other vendors that don't mention it on their site, even if they
are wildly popular.

Great idea, can you list the vendors that use USP ingredients? thanks.

 

[bivie]

Maybe others would like to add to it:

Mt. Baker Vapor
Ahlusion
AltCig
Awesome Clouds
Backwoods Brew
Cherry Vape
Copper Creek
Darth Vapers
Digital Ciggz
Discount Vapers
EC Blend
Freedom Smoke USA
Highbrow Vaper
High Desert eCigs
High Desert Vapes
iVape
Kick Bass Vapor
Lots of Vaper
Mad Vapes
Mister eLiquid
Mountain Oak Vapors
nHaler
Nite Lite Vapor
Orb Vapor
PBDragon
Perfect Storm
Prime Vaping
RTS Vapes
Sweet Vapes
The Vaper Room
Vaping Zone
Vapors Choice
Vapor God
Vapor Society
Vermillion
Want2Vape
Word Up

 

[Billy Baroo]

thank you.

 

[haiqu]

JuiceWhore (Australia) only use USP/BP grade.

 

[haiqu]

Dekang (China) only use USP grade from Dow Chemical. The guarantee no diethylene glycol or diacetyl content and meet the following standards: GMP , HACCP , ISO , KFDA ,SGS MSDS

Certificates are clearly available on their website.

 

[haiqu]

Hangsen (China) only use Dow Chemicals VG and PG. They follow ISO9001 and GMP quality control systems. Certificates are available from their website.

In addition they have SGS, ROHS and CE marks and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reviewed some of their flavours for safety.

 

[PhreakySTS9]

And let's not even start on vendors who have 50 reviews on
an ejuice, and every one of them is five stars. Right?

Although for the most part you have a good point here, there are some juices that are that good. For example, Copper Creek House Blend's (ECF's 2011 juice of the year if you're not familiar with it) review section has almost 60 reviews and all but one or two are pretty much all 4 and mostly 5 stars, and they are definitely legit reviews.

 

[redddog]

Heather's Heavenly?

 

[bivie]

I don't have time right now to go back through my list to put a link to the page
that shows the grade, but haiqu is doing as it should be done. If we either put
a link to the vendors page that states USP, or if we add that it is in the About
Us or wherever it is, that would be helpful.

Doing it that way will make double checking easier so we don't make purchases
based on someone's mistake.

If the list gets much longer, I will compact it so we can keep up with it instead
of scrolling through the thread.

 

[bivie]

Heather's Heavenly?

Yes, Heather's Heavenly Vapes is USP, as are all of Heather's flavors. I'm glad you
posted that because that site and several others were in a different folder because
I'm a regular customer there. Here are the USP vendors from that folder:

Good eJuice
Got Vapes
Halo
Heather's Heavenly Vapes
Mount Olympus Vapors
The Plume Room
Totally Wicked (for sure in Patriot Range, doesn't say about others)
Vape Dudes

 

[harlock328]

Johnson Creek list their ingredients on their bottles and posted nicotine lab results.

 

[djtonyb]

My personal favorite is Tasty Vapor. Fast service, custom mixed to order, no diacetyl... heck, they even managed to get their flavor supplier to stop adding thickeners to some of their flavor concentrates because they were affecting attys and cartos.