Betaine was first discovered in Europe and is mainly found in the molasses of beet sugar, hence its name, but its effects were not gradually recognized until the 1970s.

Betaine are widespread in the animal and plant body, is the intermediate animal metabolism, in nutrient metabolism plays a very important role, in recent years, Europe and the United States, some countries have a lot in the livestock and aquaculture production research, confirmed that betaine is important methyl donor animals within the body, participate in amino acids and fat metabolism, regulate osmotic pressure in animals, It has the effects of promoting growth, improving carcass composition, improving meat quality and attraction for bait.

With the further maturity of chemical synthesis methods of betaine, the production cost has been reduced, it has been widely used in animal and poultry feed, aquatic feed and ornamental animal feed has been widely used, a large number of experimental studies show that betaine is a non-toxic, harmless, pollution-free new multi-functional additive. With the continuous improvement of technology, chemical synthesis of betaine is also gradually used in human food, cosmetics and even drugs.