jim@wildpepper.com wrote: > Your understanding is correct- it is a natural substance that doesn't > naturally occur. > Thousands of pounds of chiles are ground up, A VOC is added, they're > steeped, the VOC is evaporated off & re-used, the oil extracted and then > diulted according to needs. What do they do with the leftover chile pulp/dust/slurry??? Do they do like, say, Coors, and sell it as animal feed? Use it in Cayenne Red paint for Porsche SUV s? Just curious. Someone may be missing a marketing opportunity. Like maybe the residue - with its residual cap could be used as in ingredient in mouse/rodent resistant insulation for wires. I know of a chem prof at SUNY Buffalo who markets a successful line of bird seed coated with capsaicin ... which affects the birds not at all but lights up those thieving squirrels to the point that they don't soon revisit the feeder with the treated birdseed. Bv)= -- ENJOY!!! -------- UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN -- Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin Cider "Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." --Mark Twain