New natural pesticide made from chili peppers developed by Mexican startup

Applied Biotech aims to empower nature through biotech. Their core technology is a sustainable enzymatic process for the production of capsaicinoids, the spicy molecules from chili peppers.

Capsaicinoids have several industrial applications:
- Agriculture (organic pest repellent),
- Coatings (antifouling marine paintings or rodent repellent in cable coatings and plastics),
- Pharmaceutical (analgesic creams),
- Others such as food (pre-processed food and condiments), safety (pepper spray).