Chromatography analyses showed that out of 133 natural and synthetic ingredients tested, the technology induces a variation in the analysis results for 118 of them: 93 being difficult to quantify, 25 being difficult to identify.
In the main, according to Symrise, 40% of tested raw materials were affected by Cryptosym and 29% of them were completely “encrypted” by the technology.
— Fragrance and flavor company Symrise has developed a colorless and odorless base that blurs the results of gas chromatography, making it harder to copy a fragrance. Read more in Symrise blurs chromatography analyses to protect their fragrances at Premium Beauty News.
Very cool. Wish I had done better in chem in college. Could be an interesting field.
It is cool.
I have no idea if all the F&F companies were already doing this — not something I really pay attention to!