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Mint Landscape from Field to Flavor

The mint family (Labiatae or Lamiaceae) is composed of many species — including basil, lavender, rosemary, peppermint and spearmint — grown commercially for their essential oils or leaves. This article focuses on agricultural practices employed in the production of peppermint (Mentha x piperita).

L-menthol is one of the main components of mint oil.

BASF’s L-Menthol FCC and Mint Portfolio: A Fresh Approach to Flavors and Sustainability

BASF’s marketing and sustainability team takes a deep dive into the company’s mint offerings.

Book Excerpt: Flavor Formulation

Practical dairy, mint and savory flavor creation.

Volatile Release from Mint-Flavored Sweets

In this paper we report results from instrumental analysis of menthol and menthone in the breath of individuals eating a range of mint-flavored sweets. These results demonstrate the reproducibility of breath volatile analysis for assessing the aroma-release characteristics of mint-flavored products.

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Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials February 2018

This month’s column features discussions on oak concentrate, spearmint absolute, natural y-octalactone, natural nonalactone, 3-mercapto-3-methyl-1-butanol and more.

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Sweet Solutions for Medicine Flavoring

As natural flavors and digital technologies push flavoring for medication forward, the flavorist must continue to address bitterness in base ingredients and create innovative, market-ready taste solutions.

A Unique Mentha aquatica Mint for Flavor

In this paper we present the oil from our selected Mentha x aquatica L. (“Aquamint”) that can be blended to an M. x piperita oil to increase the menthofuran to match a standard “Yakima” oil.

A Unique Mentha Aquatica Mint For Flavor

The essential oil from peppermint, Mentha x piperita L., is one of the most widely used oils by the flavor industry for mint flavoring. However, abundant literature and experts’ observations report the varying composition and organoleptic profiles of peppermint oils according to the region of production, climatic variation and harvest date.1-3

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Synergizing Flavor and Oral Care Innovation for Whole Mouth Health

Utilizing novel cool technologies and stable raw materials like mint oils, flavorists are able to create oral care flavors that promote oral health and provide a pleasant sensory experience.

Mint Oils: Potential for Standardizing Profiles with Natural Flavoring Substances

This article explores the potential for adding mint fractions and isolated components from all of the mint species, as well as from sources of natural flavoring substances available from alternate routes.

The company is planning to recruit expert perfumers in the United Kingdom, United States and India to work across the global portfolio of brands.

Inside Unilever’s New Fragrance House: Q&A with VP of Fragrance

Vivek Sirohi discusses the decision to create Unilever’s own fragrance house and what that means for the company going forward.

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Flavor Bites: Menthone

In addition to a number of other chemicals with broadly related odors, menthone can raise many non-mint profiles out of the ordinary.

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Flavor Bites: Xylenols

Used with caution, the impactful xylenol family of ingredients provides burnt odor characters to a range of coffee, seafood, whisky and other flavor applications.

Consumers experience a wide range of issues in the oral cavity, but now more than ever they understand how oral health is directly linked to whole body health.

Fresh Perspectives in Oral Care

How the oral care industry is adapting to new challenges, technologies and consumer preferences.

Fair Trade Sourcing: Organic Mint

Servicing the triple bottom line by benefiting farmers, consumers and manufacturers.

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Golden flower: Jamboe of Indonesia

Jamboe (Spilanthes acmella) natural extract for anti-aging skin care, oral care, and flavouring products.

Several of this month’s ingredients have potential for application in alcoholic beverages and alcohol-inspired flavors.

Organoleptic Characteristics of Flavor Materials

This month’s column features discussions on juniper berry oil, saffron resinoid, white thyme oil and more.

Menthol and Cornmint Oil from China

This article looks at the current supply situation and draws some conclusions about the future availability of these products from China.

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