Case Study: International Flavors and Fragrances achieves precise soft drink formulations with Wolfram Mathematica

International Flavors and Fragrances avoids $10,000/year process simulator costs with Wolfram

International Flavors and Fragrances, a company with customers known for their keen sense of taste and smell, faced the challenge of isolating natural chemicals from botanical sources for soft drink formulations. The lengthy and expensive experimental process for each new formulation prompted chemical process engineer Tom Jones to seek a solution using Wolfram's Mathematica.

By implementing Wolfram Mathematica, Jones was able to build models of the distillation process to predict how molecules interact in a liquid mixture. This solution replaced the need for costly experiments and eliminated the requirement to lease a pricey process simulator, saving an estimated $10,000 per year. Wolfram's product provided the necessary symbolic calculation, numeric, and graphical capabilities to handle complex algebraic summations and thousands of data points efficiently.

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