{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001140361-22-031509","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BCPC","cik":"0000009326","company_name":"BALCHEM CORP","filed_at":"2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:58.693189+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-23T19:54:38.961346+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Balchem acquires Bergstrom Nutrition, maker of OptiMSM, for undisclosed sum","bullets":["Albion Laboratories, a Balchem subsidiary, acquired Cardinal Associates (Bergstrom Nutrition), a global leader in MSM manufacturing.","Bergstrom's OptiMSM brand is the only MSM with U.S. GRAS designation; complements Balchem's mineral products and health platforms.","Bergstrom Nutrition to be integrated into Balchem's Human Nutrition & Health segment under Minerals & Nutrients unit.","No financial terms of the acquisition were disclosed in the press release."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031509","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031509.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031509.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-031509.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122031509/0001140361-22-031509-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122031509/brhc10041426_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-23T19:54:38.961346+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}