Optimal re-formulation
Customer
Major Swiss flavour and fragrance company
Problem
- Raw material shortages
- Cost fluctuations & impact on profit margins
- Difficulties in finding the best combinations of raw materials
Solution
- Optimization algorithm and platform
- Reformulation on molecular level
- Ability to reduce/replace certain combinations of ingredients while preserving overall properties of the product
Impact
- Significant cost savings possible due to ingredient optimizations
- Some reformulations have been successfully accepted and sold
- Immune to shortages/less impact of ingredient price fluctuations