Quantify cross-flavor content to compute bi-∞ limits for Doritos–Taco and similar pairs

Develop a reliable measurement method to quantify the mass fractions that characterize cross-flavored products such as Doritos Locos Tacos and taco-flavored Doritos, and use these measurements to numerically evaluate the bi-∞ pair defined by the coupled recursion for Doritos and tacos.

Background

The paper notes that several real-world food pairs (e.g., Doritos and tacos; ramen and Pringles) satisfy the structural conditions for the bi-∞ construction because each product contains the other as a flavor.

Although the coupled recursion applies and the limits are theoretically computable, the authors point out that practical numerical evaluation requires a method to measure how much of one food is present in the other.

References

In each case, the coupled recursion of \S\ref{sec:coupled-recursion} applies and the $\infty$-pair is computable in principle. The numerical evaluation is left as an open problem, pending the development of a reliable method for measuring how much taco is in a Dorito.

The $\infty$-Oreo$^{^\circledR}$  (2604.00435 - Bosca, 1 Apr 2026) in Section 5.2, Bi-∞ foods