What's the most bitter
thing you've ever tasted? I am introducing the most bitter substance of the
world. I would tell you that why it is still producing. Where industry is using
it.
The world most bitter
thing is Denatonium Benzoate and brand name is Bitrex. Guinness Book of World
Records declares it the world's bitterest substance.
Bitrex was originally
discovered by a pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith in 1958 while they were
doing their research on anesthetics. According to the Bitrex website, the
chemical compound is so bitter that if you dropped a thimble-full into an
Olympic-sized swimming pool, you'd still be able to taste it in the water.
Even being the most bitter
substance on the earth; it's currently being used in at least 60 countries.
Now question is that why
they are using it.
Its extremely bitter taste
has an advantage: adding it to dangerous products makes them less appealing to
children and animals. Accidental poison ingestion was a big problem in the
1980s. The compound itself is harmless; but it just tastes really, really
horrible.
Now you can find Bitrex
listed as a prominent ingredient in several common poisonous products, ranging
from perfumes to household cleaners. This bitter accident is helping to save
lives.
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