Symrise

symrise.comIndustry, chemicals and energy

DAX 40

Level: 1; Basic web presence
Agent readiness score: 23
AEO score: 26
AI mention rate: 0%

Symrise ranks 10th of 13 in its industry for AEO score (26), with AI engines naming the brand in 0% of answers. The agent readiness score is at level 1 (web fundamentals) with 23 points; link header, markdown negotiation, llms.txt, content signals and an API catalogue are not yet in place.

The next three steps

1Content Signals
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
A step toward level 2
2Markdown negotiation
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
3llms.txt
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

Compared with Industry, chemicals and energy

Agent readiness23
Industry median 24 · rank 10 of 13
AEO score26
Industry median 28 · rank 10 of 13
Mentions in AI answers0
Industry median 2 · rank 10 of 13
Visibility30
Industry median 30 · rank 7 of 13
Citations1
Industry median 1 · rank 4 of 13
Sentiment50
Industry median 50 · rank 7 of 13

Agent readiness level

0Not yet agent-ready
1Basic web presence
2Bot-aware
3Agent-readable
4Agent-integrated
5Agent-native

To reach level 2:

Content Signals

Areas

Discoverability72
Content accessibility0
Bot access control32
APIs, auth and MCP0

Every check

Discoverability

robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
Top sites: 98%
SitemapPartly met
Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.
Top sites: 88%
Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
Top sites: 0%
DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
Top sites: 5%

Content accessibility

Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
Top sites: 2%
llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
Top sites: 15%

Bot access control

AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
Top sites: 99%
Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
Top sites: 2%
Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
Top sites: 0%

APIs, auth and MCP

API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
Top sites: 0%
OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
Top sites: 1%
OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
Top sites: 1%
auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
Top sites: 0%
MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
Top sites: 0%
A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
Top sites: 0%
Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
Top sites: 0%
WebMCPNot met
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
Top sites: 1%
ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Top sites: 0%

AI crawler rules (robots.txt)

Training

GPTBotallowed
ClaudeBotallowed
Anthropic-AIallowed
Google-Extendedallowed
GoogleOtherallowed
Applebot-Extendedallowed
Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
FacebookBotallowed
Bytespiderallowed
CCBotallowed
AI2Botallowed
Cohere-AIallowed
Claude-Weballowed
Omgilibotallowed
Diffbotallowed

OAI-SearchBotallowed
Claude-SearchBotallowed
PerplexityBotallowed
Applebotallowed
Amazonbotallowed
YouBotallowed
Timpibotallowed

Assistant

ChatGPT-Userallowed
Claude-Userallowed
Perplexity-Userallowed
DuckAssistBotallowed
MistralAI-Userallowed

Agentic commerce

x402Not present
MPPNot present
UCPNot present
ACPNot present
AP2Not present

Protocols that let AI agents shop and pay by themselves. They don't count toward the level.

Agent readiness score 23 · coverage 100% · checked on 19/09/2026 · www.symrise.com

Mentions per AI engine

AIOpenAI0/15 · 0%
CClaude0/15 · 0%
PPerplexity0/15 · 0%
GGemini0/15 · 0%

Spotlight: Gemini

0%0 of 15 answers name Symrise

„Welche Inhaltsstoffe eignen sich für zuckerreduzierte Erfrischungsgetränke?“

Für zuckerreduzierte Erfrischungsgetränke gibt es verschiedene Möglichkeiten, den süßen Geschmack zu erhalten und gleichzeitig den Kaloriengehalt zu senken. Dabei wird meist eine Kombination aus Süßungsmitteln, geschmacksverstärkenden Komponenten und natürlichen Extrakten eingesetzt. Hier sind die gängigsten Inhaltsstoffe und ihre Eigenschaften: 1. Süßungsmittel (Intensivsüßstoffe) Intensivsüßstoffe haben eine …

AI answer as returned, unverified and shortened.

Gemini names instead

NATRUE
COSMOS
Vanilleextrakt
Steviolglycoside (Stevia)
Sucralose
Acesulfam-K
Aspartam
Erythrit

Sources: goerlitzer-anzeiger.de, magi-mania.de, simplyscience.ch, carlroth.blog, aromenverband.de, ua-bw.de

Most cited sources

1.scento.com6
2.gdch.de4
3.zentrum-der-gesundheit.de4
4.aromenverband.de4
5.verbraucherzentrale.de4
6.food-monitor.de4
7.alexmo-cosmetics.de4
8.douglas.de4

Own domain's share of all citations: 0.5%

Every question and answer

Question (original German)	AIOpenAI	CClaude	PPerplexity	GGemini
Welche Inhaltsstoffe eignen sich für zuckerreduzierte Erfrischungsgetränke?
Wie setzen sich die Preise für hochwertige Kosmetikinhaltsstoffe im deutschen Markt zusammen?
Welche Alternativen gibt es zu mikrobiell hergestellten Vanillearomen?
Welche Duftstoffarten eignen sich am besten für Naturkosmetikprodukte?
Was sind Optionen für vegane Duftstoffe im Bereich Parfüm?
Sind nachhaltige Geschmacksstoffe für kleinere Lebensmittelhersteller erschwinglich?
Gibt es Preisunterschiede zwischen nachhaltigen und konventionellen Lebensmittelaromen?
Warum verändern sich Aromen während der Lagerung eines Getränks?
Wie können pflanzliche Proteine geschmacklich optimiert werden?
Welche natürlichen Konservierungsmittel können statt synthetischer Varianten in Kosmetik eingesetzt werden?
Lohnt es sich, in kreislauffähige Duftstoffe für die Produktentwicklung zu investieren?
Was sind aktuelle Trends bei nachhaltigen Geschmacksstoffen für Getränke?
Was sind die Vorteile von biobasierten Inhaltsstoffen gegenüber konventionellen Lösungen in der Kosmetikindustrie?
Wie kann man Geruchsverlust in Parfümformulierungen vermeiden?
Wie unterscheiden sich natürliche und synthetische Aromastoffe in der Lebensmittelanwendung?

Brand named, positive
Brand named, neutral
Brand named, critical
Only competitors named
Brand not named
No answer

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Audit completed on 19 September 2026. Methodology

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