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 .