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Aversion Technologies Denatonium Saccharide is the most bitter substances known, judged to be 5 times more bitter than denatonium benzoate. Detectable at as little as a few parts per billion, this compound will make a product so bitter that children and pets will not be able to swallow it. Denatonium saccharide makes sweet but highly toxic products such as antifreeze and detergents taste foul. Research shows that people can detect denatonium saccharide in water at 50 parts per billion. Denatonium saccharide is bitter at 1 to 10 ppm, at 30 to 100 ppm virtually any product becomes impossible to masticate. Denatonium saccharide is also stable and inert. In addition, so little is needed that the properties of the product remain unchanged.

Aversion Technologies Nonivamide Powder (PAVA) is the active ingredient in most pepper sprays. It is also being used by law enforcement in “paint-ball” guns as a powerful non-lethal weapon. When the spray comes in contact with skin, especially eyes or mucous membranes, it is very painful and completely disarming.

Aversion Technologies Capsaicin Powder is the most pungent, spicy-hot substance known to man. Pure capsaicin is the “gold-standard” for hotness. The tiniest amount produces a fiery hot product.  Capsaicin is the substance that causes the burning feeling in the mouth or nose (any contact with mucous membranes) and it also increases secretion of gastric juice. Capsaicin comes in two forms – natural, which is made from hot peppers, and synthetic, which is produced in a laboratory. The efficacy of the two forms appears to be identical.