diff --git a/js/beerslaw/view/SolutionControl.ts b/js/beerslaw/view/SolutionControl.ts
index 6b809a62..e73f6e11 100644
--- a/js/beerslaw/view/SolutionControl.ts
+++ b/js/beerslaw/view/SolutionControl.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,15 @@ function createItem( solution: BeersLawSolution ): ComboBoxItem<BeersLawSolution
 
   const labelStringProperty = new DerivedProperty(
     [ BeersLawLabStrings.pattern[ '0formula' ][ '1nameStringProperty' ], solution.nameProperty, solution.formulaProperty ],
-    ( pattern, name, formula ) => ( formula === null || formula === '' ) ? name : StringUtils.format( pattern, formula, name )
+    ( pattern, name, formula ) => {
+      if ( formula === null || formula === '' ) {
+        return name; // if there is no formula, default to the solution name
+      }
+      else {
+        // See https://github.com/phetsims/beers-law-lab/issues/326 for StringUtils.wrapLTR
+        return StringUtils.format( pattern, StringUtils.wrapLTR( formula ), name );
+      }
+    }
   );
 
   const labelText = new RichText( labelStringProperty, {
diff --git a/js/concentration/view/ConcentrationScreenView.ts b/js/concentration/view/ConcentrationScreenView.ts
index 04b6e7d1..2aca10d2 100644
--- a/js/concentration/view/ConcentrationScreenView.ts
+++ b/js/concentration/view/ConcentrationScreenView.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import SolutionVolumeNode from './SolutionVolumeNode.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import DerivedProperty from '../../../../axon/js/DerivedProperty.js';
 import StringIO from '../../../../tandem/js/types/StringIO.js';
+import StringUtils from '../../../../phetcommon/js/util/StringUtils.js';
 
 export default class ConcentrationScreenView extends ScreenView {
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export default class ConcentrationScreenView extends ScreenView {
       const solute = model.shaker.soluteProperty.value;
       const formula = solute.formulaProperty.value;
       const name = solute.nameProperty.value;
-      return formula ? formula : name;
+      return formula ? StringUtils.wrapLTR( formula ) : name;
     }, {
       tandem: tandem.createTandem( 'soluteLabelStringProperty' ),
       phetioValueType: StringIO,