PURAC biochem BV develops, manufactures, and markets biochemicals. Its products include lactic acid, lactic acid buffered, lactic acid powder, and lactic acid based formulations; calcium lactate, calcium lactate gluconate, and calcium lactate based formulations; methyl lactate, ethyl lactate, n-propyl lactate, butyl lactate, and ethylhexyl lactate; gluconic acid and liquid sodium gluconate; and lactitol powder, sodium lactate, sodium lactate powder, potassium lactate, and ammonium lactate. The company’s products also include ferrous lactate, magnesium lactate, zinc lactate, and aluminum lactate; lactide, glycolide, polylactides, polyglycolide, and lactide/glycolide copolymers; and calcium gluconate, magnesium gluconate, ferrous gluconate, zinc gluconate, potassium gluconate, copper gluconate, and manganese gluconate. It serves meat and poultry, food, pharmaceuticals, medical, cosmetics, animal feed, and the technical and chemical industries. The company has production facilities in Brazil, Spain, and the United States. PURAC biochem was formerly known as Schiedamse Melkzuur Fabriek. The company was founded in 1935 and is based in Gorinchem, the Netherlands with sales offices in the United States, France, Spain, Brazil, Singapore, China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Germany. PURAC Biochem BV is a subsidiary of CSM Cert.