I'll simplify this for everyone;
(misquoted you originally, sorry!)
If you take a box and fill it with dog shit. You're more than welcome to chop, blend, dilute, fling or even eat this shit. But in the end, it's still Pepper's Poop.
Sell it like it isn't. Add sprinkles. It's Pepper's Poop.
When Pepper dies. Do you think the model is going to invent Gold all of a sudden?