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Un-burnt Natural Gas smell!

Mercaptan: The Odor of Natural Gas

  • Natural gas is odorless and invisible, so the Gas Company adds Mercaptan to it. The odorant has a very distinctive "rotten egg" or sulfur-like smell. That helps everyone easily detect a leak.
  • Mercaptan is safe for indoor and outdoor cooking and does not smell or add flavor when burnt.