Balchem highlights the power of branded ingredients at SupplySide Global 2026

Balchem, a leading global manufacturer of specialty ingredients for human nutrition and health, returns to SupplySide Global 2026 to showcase how its branded ingredients and scientific leadership help customers address some of the industry’s fastest-growing opportunities. These include the growing convergence of daily performance and long-term vitality, as well as the rising demand for GLP-1 companion products. At booth #5565, newly published research across the offering will sit alongside better-for-you food and beverage concepts that enhance nutritional profiles, functionality, and sensory appeal.

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Balchem’s SupplySide Global showcase will spotlight the latest research behind its portfolio, including studies that:

• Strengthen evidence behind the role of K2VITAL™, a patented, typically 99.8% all-trans vitamin K2 MK-7, in cardiovascular health^[1] and uncover potential post-exercise neuromuscular signaling support in older adults.^[2]
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• Demonstrate, for the first time with fMRI, how VitaCholine®, the gold standard choline, influences brain network efficiency in post-menopausal women.^[3] 
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• Highlight how Optifolin+®, the industry’s first choline-enriched folate, delivers a 7x methyl advantage over other folates, with new cutting-edge cell testing showing how the ingredient enhances cellular methylation capacity up to 2.3x and DNA methylation up to 14x, supporting its role in cellular health and epigenetic function.^[4]
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• Reveal new breakthrough science that demonstrates OptiMSM®’s impact on female athletic performance.

Breakthrough Combinations and Enhanced Solutions

As well as highlighting new science, Balchem will show how familiar nutrients can be made to work harder for brands. Albion® Minerals’ Creatine MagnaPower® unites two of the biggest consumer favorites in sports nutrition, creatine and magnesium, in a single formulation that delivers superior muscular performance benefits.^[5] Visitors can also discover the Albion® Meta Mag® range of magnesium bisglycinate, spanning taste-free solutions and a new high-density form optimized for capsules.

Collectively, these ingredients illustrate Balchem's broader "Premier Ingredients for Premier Athletes" platform, which addresses the growing consumer desire to support both everyday performance and long-term vitality.

Simplifying Beverage and Format Innovation

Visitors can experience Balchem’s application capabilities firsthand through a range of beverage-focused concepts designed to help brands bring differentiated solutions to market across cognitive health, active nutrition, hydration, and healthy aging platforms. Featured concepts include a VitaCholine-fortified Charged Frappé Coffee, for cognitive well-being, and VitalBlend™, a customizable lipid-based powder technology for targeted nutrition applications. Attendees can also learn how Balchem's Beverage Systems help streamline formulations and accelerate commercialization, all while delivering consistent sensory performance. Complementing these beverage innovations, samples of protein-enriched chocolate clusters made with Milk Protein Z-Crisps® will be available at the stand, showcasing the company’s broader expertise in nutrition-forward food and beverage solutions.

For manufacturers interested in learning more about how to address today’s fastest growing functional food and beverage trends, Balchem is set to deliver a presentation entitled “Unlocking Opportunities for Fortification: Trends, Applications and Innovation in Functional Foods & Beverages”. Led by Jason Wielgoszinski, Sales Director - Powders at Balchem, the talk will be held on Thursday, October 29 at 11:30-11:50AM PDT, at the Product Development Theater A, Booth #7915.

“Today, ingredients need to do more than deliver efficacy. They need to earn trust,” comments Dominik Mattern, Vice President of Marketing, Business Development and Science, Balchem Human Nutrition and Health. “At SupplySide Global, we're demonstrating how scientific validation, trusted branded ingredients, and direct consumer activation can work together. From clinical research to partnerships with organizations such as the New York Jets and FC Bayern Women, we're showing how ingredient brands can help convert science into consumer demand.”

For the first time at SupplySide Global, Balchem’s booth will also feature a pet corner, where Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health will highlight solutions for next-generation, on-demand, pet foods, treats, and supplements that deliver targeted health benefits, enhanced nutrient utilization, and premium ingredient quality.