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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Stepan Company wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Stepan Company then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Stepan Company site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Stepan Company, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Stepan Company, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
Stepan Company () is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in
Northfield, Illinois. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr. and has approximately 1,500 employees. The company describes itself as the largest global merchant manufacturer of anionic
surfactants, which are used to enhance the foaming and cleaning capabilities of detergents, shampoos, toothpastes and cosmetics. About Us, Stepan Company. Accessed
June 14,
2007.
Coca extraction
To this day, Coca-Cola includes as an ingredient a
coca leaf extract prepared by a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey.Benson, Drew. "Coca kick in drinks spurs export fears",
The Washington Times, April 20, 2004. Accessed
June 14, 2007. "Coke dropped cocaine from its recipe around 1900, but the secret formula still calls for a cocaine-free coca extract produced at a Stepan Co. factory in Maywood, N.J. Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru's state-owned National Coca Co." The facility, which had been known as the Maywood Chemical Works, was purchased by Stepan in 1959. History, Stepan Company. Accessed June 14, 2007. The plant is the only commercial entity in the country authorized by the Drug Enforcement Agency to import coca leaves, which come primarily from Peru. The non-narcotic extract is sold to Coke, while the active ingredient is sold to
Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical firm, for medicinal purposes.May, Clifford D. "How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca",
The New York Times,
July 1, 1988. Accessed June 14, 2007. "A Stepan laboratory in Maywood, N.J., is the nation's only legal commercial importer of coca leaves, which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agent sold to
The Coca-Cola Company, Stepan extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to Mallinckrodt Inc., a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the only company in the United States licensed to purify the product for medicinal use."
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Stepan Company () is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in
Northfield, Illinois. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr. and has approximately 1,500 employees. The company describes itself as the largest global merchant manufacturer of anionic
surfactants, which are used to enhance the foaming and cleaning capabilities of detergents, shampoos, toothpastes and cosmetics. About Us, Stepan Company. Accessed
June 14, 2007.
Coca extraction
To this day,
Coca-Cola includes as an ingredient a
coca leaf extract prepared by a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey.Benson, Drew. "Coca kick in drinks spurs export fears",
The Washington Times,
April 20,
2004. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Coke dropped cocaine from its recipe around 1900, but the secret formula still calls for a cocaine-free coca extract produced at a Stepan Co. factory in Maywood, N.J. Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru's state-owned National Coca Co." The facility, which had been known as the Maywood Chemical Works, was purchased by Stepan in 1959. History, Stepan Company. Accessed
June 14, 2007. The plant is the only commercial entity in the country authorized by the
Drug Enforcement Agency to import coca leaves, which come primarily from Peru. The non-narcotic extract is sold to Coke, while the active ingredient is sold to Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical firm, for medicinal purposes.May, Clifford D. "How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca",
The New York Times,
July 1, 1988. Accessed June 14,
2007. "A Stepan laboratory in Maywood, N.J., is the nation's only legal commercial importer of coca leaves, which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agent sold to The Coca-Cola Company, Stepan extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to
Mallinckrodt Inc., a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the only company in the United States licensed to purify the product for medicinal use."
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