The ingredients of the mixture have been up for debate for almost 50 years, and the original ingredients are not even available anymore.
Another change in the recipe is the use of sugar instead of honey, the original ingredient.
Experts compare the task to recycling a cake back to its original ingredients.
Their original ingredients may have been changed to remove drugs, as was done with Coca-Cola.
The original ingredient is one of three related chemicals that have become the focus of a growing debate over cosmetic safety.
But the chef, an energetic Malagasy, was the only man in town working with truly original ingredients.
The name, Persil, is derived from two of its original ingredients, perborate and silicate.
The advised method of cooking, boiling, yields an impressive output for the original ingredients.
Products which have flavor components in common with the original ingredient are retained.
These products could be combined with the original ingredient.