If you apply for a patent for this ingredient, will the combined product have new technical effects and solve new technical problems? If only two products are combined, and each product realizes its own function in terms of function and effect, the application will not be approved. For example, an eraser, a pencil and an eraser pencil are three different products. The eraser pencil only combines the two products into one, but the function is still independent, and the application will not be approved. If the hexagonal pencil is relative to the round pencil, then the hexagonal prism solves the problem that the round pencil is easy to roll, so it is creative and the application will be approved;
Whether it is a component or a non-component depends on whether the product you apply for has new technical effects and solves new technical problems.