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Food ingredient · Flavoring / cooling agent

Menthol (flavor)

A cooling compound from mint, used as a flavoring in gum, candy and lozenges.

  • Flavoring
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending
Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points menthol (flavor) costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Marker of ultra-processingInfo

    An ingredient class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list menthol (flavor)

4 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list menthol (flavor).

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (7)
  • menthol
  • l menthol
  • levomenthol
  • menthol flavor
  • menthol flavour
  • natural menthol
  • menthol crystals

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org