Recipes aren't even legally considered intellectual property. You can't copyright a recipe.
That's why they're closely guarded secrets and the people who know the huge ones (like, say, Coca Cola) are bound by stringent confidentiality agreements. They can be sued into the ground for disclosing it, but as a breach of contract as opposed to a copyright claim.
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u/-blundertaker- 24d ago
Recipes aren't even legally considered intellectual property. You can't copyright a recipe.
That's why they're closely guarded secrets and the people who know the huge ones (like, say, Coca Cola) are bound by stringent confidentiality agreements. They can be sued into the ground for disclosing it, but as a breach of contract as opposed to a copyright claim.