this space chemical compound from chicory roots or other waste substances yes. this is the that's what's special. these upset compound hydroxy methyl for for all it's already commercially available but made using sugar in a rather dirty process we have a clean process and we're using something that isn't a foodstuff which is important to us. in her university lab kusa spent over 5 years trying to find a suitable raw material. chicory is ideal because a substance forms in the root from which they can extract a basic chemical building block simply by boiling it. the chemical is used to obtain additional. substances which are used to make nylon .