PuraChol™
Choline is an essential nutrient for growth, development and good health of many animal species. It is a biochemical building block and precursor to numerous compounds required to support life.
While all choline chloride products are formulated using the same basic molecule, significant differences exist among commercial choline brands and the companies that market them. These differences are seen in product quality testing programs, raw ingredient supply controls and proprietary manufacturing techniques. Differences also extend beyond product to the intangible, but consumer-driven areas such as social responsibility, industry research support and environmental stewardship.
Key Advantages of PuraChol
- Total Supply Chain Control: Ensures the highest standards for raw materials, manufacturing, and product purity, resulting in consistent quality.
- Comprehensive Product Portfolio: Offers a wide range of products to meet diverse needs with unwavering commitment to quality.
- Reliable Customer Service: Backed by technical expertise, support, and robust inventory management.
- Global Presence & Multiple Production Locations: Provides reliable supply with a global reach and multiple production sites for greater flexibility.
- Research Leadership & Industry Support: Drives innovation through leading research and active industry involvement.
- Social Responsibility & Environmental Stewardship: Committed to ethical practices and sustainability across all operations.
The PuraChol Difference?
State-of-the-Art Manufacturing
As the worldwide leader in choline chloride, Balchem has perfected the manufacturing process and continues to leverage the latest manufacturing technologies that improve purity, consistency, reliability and concentration options. Balchem’s choline expertise encompasses both human and animal nutrition with US and European manufacturing facilities certified for human nutrition-grade choline production.
The same care and expertise required to manufacture choline for infant formula is also employed to produce choline for poultry and swine diets. That level of quality can only be accomplished through strict process control and rigorous employee training, which is reflected in our extensive list of quality-oriented certifications.
Quality Certifications:
US Facilities:
FAMI-QS, Safe Feed/Safe Food
EU Facilities:
FAMI-QS, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, SEDEX, ISO 22000/FSSC (GFSI compliant)
Quality Control
Balchem sets the highest industry standards for choline chloride production, maintaining high and consistent levels of choline while monitoring and reducing undesirable contaminants. Balchem suppliers are required to sign a supplier code of conduct that addresses several requirements to include business ethics, employee rights, environmental stewardship, safety and of course raw ingredient quality. We conduct regular supplier audits to encourage and ensure compliance and new suppliers are required to go through a comprehensive evaluation and approval process. The integrity of Balchem products starts with supplier quality, and our quality system is an integral element of supplier selection.
Balchem maintains a vigorous monitoring program for all finished goods. Quarterly, we release a quality report to our customers documenting the results of our extensive testing program.
Testing Parameters:
Choline Activity Level – GMO’s
Heavy Metals
Microorganisms – Density
Mycotoxins – Trimethylamine
Dioxins – Pesticides
Ethylene Oxide Level (European Facilities)
Research Leader
As the global leader in choline, Balchem has taken the lead on choline research, in both the human and animal spaces. Balchem has established and supports a scientific advisory board with participating member/researchers from Cornell University, Syracuse University and UC Davis. The advisory board was created to help direct research toward better understanding choline’s role in infant cognition, age-related cognitive decline and liver health.
Balchem scientists continue to monitor choline levels in standard feed ingredients to ensure rations contain adequate levels to deliver optimal animal performance. The latest data, presented by Balchem scientists at the 2019 Poultry Science Annual Meeting, showed that analyzed choline levels were 24% lower in SBM and 9% lower for corn than those reported in the current NRC (Poultry 1994). This discrepancy, coupled with a potentially greater choline requirement of today’s genetically superior production animals, could be seriously compromising productivity and producer profitability.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of Balchem’s mission to make the world a healthier place. Every day, Balchem delivers creative and innovative solutions that enhance health and well-being through science. Our businesses supply essential nutrients to people and animals around the world, with approximately 1.3 billion people positively impacted in some way by our products.
The PuraChol line helps deliver on Balchem’s sustainability promise through higher concentration formulations that provide more choline while reducing transportation costs and lowering fuel consumption. PuraChol also improves production efficiency of each animal, helping them produce more with fewer overall inputs.
