There is little problem in detecting the main components.
The complete formula ratio can't be detected at all.
From a professional point of view, no matter which testing instrument analyzes chemical components, it is always compared with the data in the database.
For the main phase, it must be a common substance, and at the same time, the signal is strong enough, and various means can definitely match.
For some components
No equipment can measure organic and inorganic, crystalline and amorphous, light and heavy elements, trace and trace at the same time, and the amount of blind sample detection is huge.
Secondly, for blind samples, matching database is a common way to find a needle in a haystack when the approximate information is completely unknown. No matter how powerful the database matching is, it also needs human judgment in the case of insufficient information. For employees in the same industry, reverse engineering can still be tried. After all, most additives may be only a few.
Third, in order to prevent reverse engineering, most chemical and chemical companies will deliberately add interferents to the formula to confuse the line of sight, such as adding chirality to the achiral formula, adding dextrorotation to the levorotatory formula, and adding placebo to the formula with similar structure. In short, you can use the instrument to detect a large number of specious useless signals to interfere with your detection.
In the melamine incident, I remember that it took Union Medical College less than half a year to detect that the baby's stones were melamine. It's not that they are not good at it. It is much more difficult to detect blind samples of completely unknown things in a few seconds with a spectrometer.
Not worth it. People sell brands, not tastes.
Impossible, judging from the current situation, if we can crack it, the status of Coca-Cola and KFC would have disappeared. I am engaged in environmental research, and used the most advanced water quality detection instruments such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry in water quality detection. But what these instruments can detect is only an approximate value, and it can't be completely accurate to a certain substance.
Liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry can be used to detect the molecular formula of substances contained in water, but it is impossible to distinguish specific substances. For example, we can detect the chemical formula of C6H 12O6 from water, but this chemical formula represents glucose and fructose, so we can't determine what kind of substance it is, so we need to analyze the standard substances of glucose and fructose to determine what kind of sugar it is according to the data of liquid mass spectrometry.
This is just a simple determination of sugar, which involves complicated analysis. Moreover, the substances contained in cola have more complex chemical formulas, and these chemical formulas have more isomers (that is, the chemical formulas are the same but the mechanisms are different). If we want to be sure that it must be this substance, we must compare it with the standard substance of this substance to determine it. A complex chemical formula may have thousands of variations, so from a chemical point of view, the probability may be too small.
From a chemical point of view, the possibility is extremely low, and from the perspective of Coca-Cola and KFC, they are also afraid that others will crack his secret recipe, so will they add some substances that do not affect the taste and have no harmful effects to disturb the audio-visual? It is indeed possible, so it is impossible to crack the secret recipe according to today's technology.
For the above reasons, it is impossible to crack the secret recipe, otherwise how can they occupy a monopoly position for so many years!
No way!
1. Only through chemical analysis can the composition and proportion of substances in cola be obtained.
2. The production of cola needs raw materials, formula and technology, and it is impossible to get complete raw materials, formula and technology only by knowing the composition of the finished product.
For example, you know that there is sugar in cola, but you don't know whether it is made of sucrose, starch or other raw materials, whether it is boiled, fermented or chemically extracted, and whether it is sterilized by high temperature or ultraviolet rays.
Because we can always see some propaganda such as "a century-old shop, the secret recipe of the palace", many friends will think that the success of Coca-Cola or KFC is because they have a particularly mysterious formula. There are some misunderstandings in this way of thinking.
So this time, let's analyze and answer this question. This thought of "secret recipe wins the world" is not so widely applicable, even in the current economic environment, it can be said to be useless. (Because the so-called formulas of Coca-Cola and KFC are similar in existence value, we will take one of them as an example to answer. )
From a chemical point of view, is it possible to crack the formula of Coca-Cola and KFC? This is certainly possible, but no one will do it because it is completely unnecessary. Even if you cook the same coke or fried chicken, it will not have any substantial impact on Coca-Cola or KFC. They are no longer the kind of small workshops that can settle down by a certain formula and practice.
Take Coca-Cola as an example. Founded in 1886 (Guangxu 12). When Coca-Cola was first born, perhaps its success really depended on the original formula. After all, Coca-Cola at that time was a unique "new creation" in the beverage industry. However, with the development of Coca-Cola, the formula becomes less and less important. In this era, it can be said that the formula of Coca-Cola is more of a symbolic and propaganda selling point. What really makes Coca-Cola stand firm is its business model, economic scale and strong brand value, which has been operating for more than 65,438+000 years.
Therefore, "knowing the formula can make a fortune" is just an oversimplified fantasy.
Even if someone or a company makes the same cola, it can't cause a big blow to the formation of Coca-Cola. Because the business model explored for a hundred years and the brand value created by countless money are the key to its standing, not a magical "mysterious formula" circulating in the market. Even if you get this so-called formula, it won't help. Don't say that it is impossible to destroy giants like Coca-Cola and KFC, even if they are shaken.
And in fact, the current Coca-Cola has long been different from the original formula. The simplest example is that alcohol has been completely eliminated, and controversial things such as coca leaves and caffeine have also been greatly adjusted, or simply eliminated. In addition, Coca-Cola around the world actually tastes different, which is the result of long-term experiments and adjustments, so even if you get the so-called Coca-Cola formula at the beginning, it will be of no help.
The real meaning of the name of the existing formula Coca-Cola can be said to be known all over the world. The most recognizable English word in the world is "OK", followed by the big white logo of "Coca-Cola". It is not an exaggeration to describe it with "echo".
There are many versions of the story about Coca-Cola formula. Let's take a brief look:
There are other versions of similar statements, but there is no doubt that they are suspenseful and dramatic, and they are good conversation materials for killing time after dinner and chatting in the street. Therefore, the Coca-Cola Company simply takes the "formula" as a promotional selling point, claiming that the formula is placed in the Coca-Cola Company's museum in Atlanta to get more attention.
Finally, to sum up, so to some extent, topicality, curiosity and communication power are one of the so-called "formulas". Foreign fast food such as KFC and McDonald's is even simpler, and their so-called "formula" is even less important. Accurate market positioning, rigorous management and operation methods, and their huge brand value and trust relationship for many years are their magic weapons, not the so-called formula.
In a nutshell, this sentence is:
So it is difficult to copy and imitate Coca-Cola, and there is a Pepsi beside it. It is difficult for this category to accommodate other brands, and it is useless to have a formula.
It is not difficult to crack the recipes of Coca-Cola and KFC. The key is whether it is necessary!
For our "innovative" country, what can't be "innovative"? From satellites to clothes, shoes and hats, it is not difficult at all, let alone deciphering the recipes of Coca-Cola and KFC.
In fact, there are already many stores similar to KFC with similar styles and tastes, but the price is half that of the so-called KFC. In this way, the market like KFC will be submerged by our national brand sooner or later. That was not the case. KFC has become an ordinary fast food restaurant in first-tier and second-tier cities, and only three or four counties feel slightly better.
There is not much market for copying them. Nowadays, China's domestic market is changing with each passing day, and new brands, varieties and tastes emerge one after another. In this fast-paced society, more and more presentation methods have made us feel refreshed. There is really no need to worry about how to crack their so-called secret recipe.
In addition, our eating habits have already changed. Coca-Cola represents a certain food age, and KFC also witnessed the moment of reform and opening up. Nowadays, carbonated drinks and fried chicken are nothing new.
Take the milk tea culture in our street now, we know that no eating habit is eternal.
So personally, I don't think it is necessary to crack the so-called secret recipe now. Besides, this so-called secret recipe is nothing to us!
The subject asked, from a chemical point of view, is it possible to crack the formula of Coca-Cola and KFC?
A: In a limited time, cracking is impossible.
However, you can analyze the types of most elements and their general contents.
The reasons are as follows.
It takes two steps to know what elements an unknown substance contains and what its content is.
Among them, according to the predicted characteristics of substances containing elements, each step needs to design its own analysis scheme, and it has to be divided into several stages for detailed analysis. All this requires finding clues containing the possibility of ingredients in advance, and with clues, we can try our best to work out a cracking scheme close to the actual physical properties.
The first step is to observe the appearance of species, such as physical analysis of color, taste and state (gas, liquid and solid), and preliminarily guess the possibility of substances contained;
Step 2, according to the information obtained from the above observation, design the corresponding experimental scheme for the predicted substance.
However, some substances can be used chemically, while others cannot. Therefore, spectral analysis should be adopted. No matter which of the above steps, if there is no standard sample, it is impossible to verify with certainty whether the species you predicted are included, and if there is no clue about the species included, it is impossible to make a plan.
And if you want to crack Coca-Cola or any other formula, you can use the function of the analysis object besides making the experimental scheme according to the above method.
For example, Coca-Cola can quench thirst, so it may be carbonated beverage. These information angles are helpful for design and analysis. However, the clinical application of some functions can not be completed in a day or two.
Qualitative is so difficult, quantitative is even more difficult. However, if you are wise, you won't choose to crack products that others already have patents. It is better to develop similar products with better performance.
Even if you make the same taste as Coca-Cola or Pepsi, you won't have a bright future! Because their enterprise has made such a large scale, the profit has been reduced to a minimum, and you, a newcomer, have no profit support at all!
It is very likely that the existing chromatographic techniques, especially high performance gas chromatography and liquid chromatography, can separate the mixture well, and it is very possible to analyze the formula in cola by combining mass spectrometry, ultraviolet, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance.
In fact, it has long been said that the secret formula of Coca-Cola is actually the most successful marketing of Coca-Cola Company. The so-called formula in the vault of its head office is just a blank sheet of paper. It just wants to tell you that his Coca-Cola has a mysterious formula addition.
In fact, the secret has long been solved. Otherwise, think about how Pepsi, including many domestic cokes we used to drink, came from.