Flavors, Fragrances & Aroma Chemicals worked example

Shelf-Life Loss with daily degradation or evaporation loss of 45 kg / day: a worked example in flavors, fragrances & aroma chemicals

Push daily degradation or evaporation loss up to 45 kg / day and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when reviewing slow-moving raw materials, retained samples, customer-specific blends, and products with short remaining shelf life.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Daily degradation or evaporation loss: 45 kg / day (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 18)
  • Days held at risk before use or retest: 30 days (unchanged)
  • Material cost: 22 $ / kg (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Shelf-Life Loss consumed = shelf-life loss rate × days at risk before use or retest) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,350 units for shelf-life loss quantity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 29,700 $ for shelf-life loss cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 30 hr for days at risk before use or retest.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 22 $ / unit for material cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where daily degradation or evaporation loss sits at 18 kg / day and the headline result is 540 units, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 1,350 units.
  • It multiplies a daily loss rate by the at-risk holding days to get kilograms lost, then multiplies by material cost to get the dollar loss. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Shelf-Life Loss quantity: 1,350 units (headline result)
  • Shelf-Life Loss cost: 29,700 $
  • Days at risk before use or retest: 30 hr
  • Material cost: 22 $ / unit

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Shelf-Life Loss calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.