@ARTICLE{10.3389/fchem.2014.00026, AUTHOR={Peremezhney, Nicolai and Jacob, Philipp-Maximilian and Lapkin, Alexei}, TITLE={Alternative methods of processing bio-feedstocks in formulated consumer product design}, JOURNAL={Frontiers in Chemistry}, VOLUME={2}, YEAR={2014}, URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2014.00026}, DOI={10.3389/fchem.2014.00026}, ISSN={2296-2646}, ABSTRACT={In this work new methods of processing bio-feedstocks in the formulated consumer products industry are discussed. Our current approach to formulated products design is based on heuristic knowledge of formulators that allows selecting individual compounds from a library of available materials with known properties. We speculate that most of the compounds (or functions) that make up the product to be designed can potentially be obtained from a few bio-sources. In this case, it may be possible to design a sequence of transformations required to convert feedstocks into products with desired properties, analogous to a metabolic pathway of a complex organism. We conceptualize some novel approaches to processing bio-feedstocks with the aim of bypassing the step of a fixed library of ingredients. Two approaches are brought forward: one making use of knowledge-based expert systems and the other making use of applications of metabolic engineering and dynamic combinatorial chemistry.} }