Exhibit 23.1

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Balchem Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-78355,  333-44489, 33-35912 and 33-35910) on Form S-8 of Balchem Corporation
of our report  dated  February  6, 2001,  relating to the  consolidated  balance
sheets of Balchem  Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999
and the related  consolidated  statements of earnings,  stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  December 31,
2000,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K
of Balchem Corporation.


/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
March 28, 2001