Imitative
Imitative adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: an imitative extract never has the flavor of the real thing
Process and imitative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Process" instead an adjective "Imitative".
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