Recipe/Estimation

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The idea behind recipe estimation is that is possible to determine the recipe of a product based on the ingredients and nutritional values. It is based on the assumption that the amount of nutrients do not change during product creation process.

Exploration

To illustrate the recipe estimation idea several examples will be explored by looking at some products

Apple syrup

Apple syrup is a product where apples are cooked, where the water evaporates and one is left with a very thick syrup. An example is this product


for instance states the 7 kg of apples were used to create 450 grams of syrup.

Tomato puree

Natural potato chips

Mozzarella

Strawberry jam

Limitations

Ingredient stand-ins

Non-determining ingredients

Fermentation

Formalisation

Matrix representation

Estimating

Statistical approach