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The Spearmint Oil Crisis of 1958
“I’m absolutely sure, Bob. All our suppliers tell me there’s something seriously wrong with this year’s crop,” “It’s still all right, Jim,” I said. “We just won’t go national until we have an assured source of supply. For the test market, we’ll continue to use last year’s oil.” “We can’t.” “What do you mean we can’t? There’s always a year’s supply of oil around somewhere.” “Not this year"...
Apr 6th, 2016
Comparative Investigations Of The Essential Oil And Volatiles Of Spearmint
Essential oils and extracts of Mentha spicata have long been of high importance in food-product, perfumery and cosmetic applications due to their intense, pleasant, clear-fresh odor. In addition to this species of the Labiatae family, Mentha piperita L. (peppermint) and Mentha arvensis L. (cornmint) are also used extensively.8
Dec 25th, 2008
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Comparative Investigations of the Essential Oil and Volatiles of Spearmint
The objective of this work is to identify the fragrance compounds of this oil and its SPME-headspace by means of gas chromatographic- spectroscopic (GC and GC/MS using different polar and chiral phases) and olfactoric methods (GC-sniffing technique and olfactory correlations) to find out the importance of each single constituent with their specific odor attributes, responsible for the characteristic and pleasant spearmint aroma for the first time.
Apr 6th, 2016
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European Flavor Material Exhibition Highlights
Focus on new and natural ingredients.
Mar 16th, 2009
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