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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Changes in Benefit Obligation
The actuarial recorded liabilities for such unfunded postretirement benefits are as follows:
Change in benefit obligation:
 20252024
Benefit obligation at beginning of year$1,522 $1,395 
Service cost with interest to end of year115 113 
Interest cost71 55 
Participant contributions19 20 
Benefits paid(67)(32)
Actuarial gain(539)(29)
Benefit obligation at end of year$1,122 $1,522 
Change in benefit obligation:
 20252024
Benefit obligation at beginning of year$2,134 $1,660 
Service cost with interest to end of year215 72 
Interest cost81 54 
Benefits paid(206)(42)
Actuarial loss389 488 
Expenses paid(10)— 
Exchange rate changes278 (98)
Benefit obligation at end of year$2,881 $2,134 
Schedule of Changes in Plan Assets
Change in plan assets:
 20252024
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year$— $— 
Employer contributions48 12 
Participant contributions19 20 
Benefits paid(67)(32)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year$— $— 
Change in plan assets:
 20252024
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year$1,521 $1,240 
Actual return on plan assets299 216 
Employer contributions209 181 
Benefits paid(206)(42)
Expenses paid(10)— 
Exchange rate changes199 (74)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year$2,012 $1,521 
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheet
Amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheet:
 20252024
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation$(1,122)$(1,522)
Fair value of plan assets— — 
Funded status(1,122)(1,522)
Unrecognized prior service cost— — 
Unrecognized net (gain) loss(10)8 
Net amount recognized in consolidated balance sheet (after ASC 715) (included in
   "Other long-term obligations")		$(1,122)$(1,522)
Accrued postretirement benefit cost (included in "Other long-term obligations")N/AN/A
Amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheet:
 20252024
Benefit obligation$(2,881)$(2,134)
Fair value of plan assets2,012 1,521 
Funded status(869)(613)
Unrecognized prior service costN/AN/A
Unrecognized net (gain)/lossN/AN/A
Net amount recognized in consolidated balance sheet (after ASC 715) (included in other long-term obligations)$(869)$(613)
Accrued postretirement benefit cost (included in other long-term obligations)N/AN/A
Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 202520242023
Service cost with interest to end of year$115 $113 $108 
Interest cost71 55 62 
Amortization of (gain) loss(9)(10)8 
Total net periodic benefit cost$177 $158 $178 
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 202520242023
Service cost with interest to end of year$215 $72 $65 
Interest cost81 54 65 
Expected return on plan assets(59)(40)(42)
Amortization of net loss4 — — 
Total net periodic benefit cost$241 $86 $88 
Schedule of Estimated Future Employer Contributions and Benefit Payments
Estimated future employer contributions and benefit payments are as follows:
Year 
2026$36 
202739 
202863 
202980 
2030100 
Years 2031-2035571 
Estimated future benefit payments are as follows:
Year 
2026$— 
2027— 
2028— 
202915 
2030384 
Years 2031-20352,086 
Schedule of Assumptions to Determine Benefit Obligation
Assumptions to determine benefit obligations:
 20252024
Discount rate4.80 %4.85 %
Assumptions to determine net cost:
 202520242023
Discount rate4.85 %4.15 %4.40 %
Assumptions to determine benefit obligations:
 20252024
Discount rate3.75 %3.35 %
Assumptions to determine net cost:
 202520242023
Discount rate3.35 %3.45 %4.00 %
Expected return on assets3.25 %3.25 %3.25 %
Schedule of Pension Fund
The Company’s participation in this plan for the annual period ended December 31, 2025 is outlined in the table below. The “EIN/Pension Plan Number” column provides the Employee Identification Number (EIN). The zone status is based on information that the Company received from the plan and is certified by the plan’s actuary. Among other factors, plans in the red zone or critical and declining zone are generally less than 65 percent funded, plans in the yellow zone are less than 80 percent funded, and plans in the green zone are at least 80 percent funded. The “FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented” column indicates plans for which a financial improvement plan (FIP) or a rehabilitation plan (RP) is either pending or has been implemented. The last column lists the expiration date of the collective-bargaining agreement to which the plan is subject. Finally, the period-to-period comparability of the contributions for 2025 and 2024 was affected by a 4.0% increase in the 2025 contribution rate. There have been no other significant changes that affect the comparability of 2025 and 2024 contributions. The Company does not represent more than 5% of the contributions to this pension fund.
Pension
Fund		EIN/Pension
Plan
Number		Pension Plan Protection Act Zone StatusFIP/RP Status
Pending/ Implemented		Contributions of Balchem CorporationSurcharge
Imposed		Expiration Date of Collective-
Bargaining
Agreement
20252024202520242023
Central States,
Southeast and
Southwest Areas
Pension Fund		36-6044243Critical as of 1/1/25Critical as of 1/1/24Implemented$1,096$1,073$1,020No7/12/2029