A sharp, cool, penetrating mint — very high in menthol, giving an icy, medicinal freshness with a slight grassy-herbal edge. Cleaner and more monotone than peppermint, with a strong camphoraceous bite up top that settles into a lingering cool herbal note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 260.
The oil is a pale yellow or almost colorless liquid of strong, fresh and somewhat bitter-sweet odor, to a certain degree reminiscent of the odor of peppermint oil.
The oil has a strong, fresh and somewhat bitter-sweet odor, with a somewhat harsh-woody undertone and a bitter-herbaceous dryout.
The flavor is cool, minty, somewhat rough and slightly bitter-green or sharp, less balsamic-herbaceous or sweet than the flavor of true peppermint.
Mentha Arvensis Oil finds extensive use in the flavoring of candy, e.g. chewing gum, hard candy, chocolate fillings, etc. and in all kinds of toothpastes, mouth washes, gargles, etc.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| l-Carvone | 6485-40-1 | 0.25% |